served as a member of the national committee of his political party, and in 1884 was an elector at large for Virginia and president of the electoral college. In May, 1885, he was appointed by President Cleveland solicitor-general of the United States, an office which he held until August, 1886. During his term of service he was sent by the department of justice to British Columbia to represent the United States in an important case of extradition. At the termination of his official career he established a law office at Washington and resumed the practice, in which he has attained great prominence. During his professional career he has been connected with several notable criminal trials and has held the position of lecturer on criminal law at the National law school at Washington. Mr. Goode is a member of the board of visitors to William and Mary college, Virginia agricultural and mechanical college, and the university of Virginia. He is also a member of the commission established by the United States and Chili to decide upon the validity of claims. In July, 1855, he married Sally Urquhart, daughter of Richard A. Urquhart and Mary (Norfleet) Urquhart, of "Strawberry Plains," Isle of Wight county, and they have four children living: Mary, wife of William T. Brooke, city engineer of Norfolk; Richard U., a topographical engineer in the geological survey; John B., a practicing attorney at Bedford City, Va., where Mr. Goode maintains his residence, and James U., a graduate of the Washington and Lee university, now practicing law at Norfolk, Va.
John Richard Goode, of Richmond, Va., a veteran of Stuart's cavalry, was born in Chesterfield county, Va., in the year 1836. His family had long been residents of the State, and the grandfather, Benjamin Goode, a native of Chesterfield county, served in the war of 1812 with the rank of captain. At the age of fifteen years he removed with his parents to Powhatan county, where he received his education, and at the outbreak of war abandoned his occupations to become a soldier in the Confederate service. He enlisted, May 28. 1861, as orderly-sergeant in a company of the Twentieth Virginia infantry, and subsequently served with this command in the West Virginia campaign until after the battle of Rich Mountain. The command met with such losses in that engagement that it was disbanded in the fall of 1861, and he then became a private in the Powhatan troop of cavalry, afterward enrolled as Company E of the Fourth Virginia cavalry. Soon after the battle of Chancellorsville he was promoted sergeant, in which rank he served until the close of the war, when he was paroled at Richmond. His service included participation in the battle of Rich Mountain, and then, after joining the cavalry, the skirmish at Malvern Hill, soon after the Seven Days' battles, the raid around Pope's army and the capture of his headquarters at Catlett's Station, the raid through Pennsylvania from Carlisle to Gettysburg, the battles of Trevilian's Station and Yellow Tavern, and an engagement near Front Royal, where he was shot through the lungs, a severe and dangerous wound which caused his disability from August, 1864, to February, 1865. Subsequently he participated in the movement from Richmond to Appomattox and joined in the surrender of the army. Then he made his home in Powhatan county for five years, after which he removed to Richmond, where he has subsequently resided. In 1885 he engaged in business on
