James William Good 2693239 222842450 2008-07-01T11:23:25Z Cydebot 1215485 Robot - Moving category Deaths of peritonitis to Deaths from peritonitis per [[WP:CFD|CFD]] at [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2008 June 21]]. {{Infobox US Cabinet official | name=James William Good | image=James William Good, Harris & Ewing bw photo portrait, 1919.jpg | order=50th | title=[[United States Secretary of War]] | term_start=[[March 6]], [[1929]] | term_end=[[November 18]], [[1929]] | president=[[Herbert Hoover]] | predecessor=[[Dwight F. Davis]] | successor=[[Patrick J. Hurley]] | birth_date={{birth date|1866|9|24|mf=y}} | birth_place=[[Cedar Rapids, Iowa]], [[United States|U.S.]] | death_date={{death date and age|1929|11|18|1866|9|24|mf=y}} | death_place=[[Washington, D.C.]], [[United States|U.S.]] | party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | spouse= | profession=[[Politician]], [[Lawyer]] }} '''James William Good''' ([[September 24]], [[1866]] – [[November 18]], [[1929]]) was an American politician from the state of [[Iowa]]. He was a member of the [[United States Republican Party]]. Good was born near [[Cedar Rapids, Iowa]] and studied at [[Coe College]], graduating in 1892. He later studied at the [[University of Michigan]] Law School, and was a lawyer before entering politics. He was a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1909 to 1921, and was chairman of the [[House Appropriations Committee]] from 1917 to 1921. He was reelected to a seventh term in Congress in 1920, but resigned in June 1921. He practiced law in [[Chicago, Illinois]]. In 1928 he worked to elect [[Herbert Hoover]], a fellow Iowa Republican, as President of the United States. When Hoover took office in March 1929, he appointed Good to be the [[United States Secretary of War]] and Good was soon confirmed by the Senate. He served in that position for eight months, until his sudden death from [[peritonitis]] caused by a ruptured [[appendix]]. He died in [[Washington, D.C.]], shortly after the [[Wall Street Crash of 1929]] ([[October 24]] - [[October 29]], 1929) which caused the [[Great Depression]]. He was succeeded by Undersecretary of War [[Patrick J. Hurley]]. ==References== {{CongBio|G000275}} [[Image:James W. Good sworn as War Secretary.jpg|thumb|left|Good (right) being sworn in as War Secretary by John B. Randolph. Outgoing Secretary Dwight Davis at left.]] {{start box}} {{succession box | before= [[Dwight F. Davis]] | title= [[United States Secretary of War]] | years= [[March 6]], [[1929]] – [[November 18]], [[1929]] | after= [[Patrick J. Hurley]] }} {{end box}} {{USSecWar}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Good, James William}} [[Category:1866 births]] [[Category:1929 deaths]] [[Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives from Iowa]] [[Category:United States Secretaries of War]] [[Category:Deaths from peritonitis]] [[de:James William Good]] [[ja:ジェイムズ・ウィリアム・グッド]]