J. Henry Goguen was a Massachusetts politician and civil servant. who served as acting Secretary of the Commonwealth

Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth

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 from 1958-1959.

Biography

Goguen worked as a city councilor, United States Marshal

United States Marshals Service

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, State Representative

Massachusetts House of Representatives

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, and IRS field deputy

Internal Revenue Service

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. From 1952-1961 he was the Massachusetts Public Safety Commissioner. Goguen was named acting Secretary of the Commonwealth on December 1, 1958 following the death of Edward J. Cronin

Edward J. Cronin

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. He remained Secretary until the legislature elected Joseph D. Ward

Joseph D. Ward

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 on January 20, 1959. Goguen was an alternate delegate to the 1932

1932 Democratic National Convention

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, 1952

1952 Democratic National Convention

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, and 1956

1956 Democratic National Convention

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 Democratic National Convention

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Goguen was the President General of Union Saint-Jean-Baptiste, a fraternal order and social club for Franco-Americans, from 1946-1974.