George Atlee Goodling
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George Atlee Goodling was a Republican
Republican Party (United States)
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 member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
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George Atlee Goodling was born in Loganville, Pennsylvania
Loganville, Pennsylvania
Loganville, founded in 1820 and named after Colonel Henry Logan, is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,240 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Loganville is located at ....

. During the First World War he served as a seaman, second class in the United States Navy
United States Navy
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 from March 1918 to December 1918. He received a B.S. from the Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania State University
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 in 1921.

After graduation he was the operator of a fruit farm near Loganville, the director of a bank, motor club, and insurance company. He served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
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 from 1943 to 1957.

He was elected to Congress as a Republican in 1960
United States House election, 1960
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, defeating incumbent Democratic Congressman James M. Quigley
James M. Quigley
James Michael Quigley was a United States Representative from Pennsylvania.James Quigley was born in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Villanova University in 1939 and from the Dickinson School of Law in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 1942...

 and served two terms. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1964
United States House election, 1964
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 but was elected in 1966
United States House election, 1966
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 for three terms.

His son is William F. Goodling
William F. Goodling
William Franklin "Bill" Goodling was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Goodling, the son of former Congressman George Atlee Goodling, was born in Loganville, Pennsylvania and grew up in York, Pennsylvania. He received a B.S...

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