John A. Goodlett was an American politician. He served as the Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee from 1846 to 1847.

Biography edit

His father was Dr. Adam Gibb Goodlett, a physician, surgeon and planter, and his mother, Charlotte Phanuel Campbell.[1][2] His siblings were Michael C. Goodlett, George Washington Goodlett, James Goodlett and William Goodlett.[1] His brother Michael was the husband of Caroline Meriwether Goodlett, who founded the United Daughters of the Confederacy.

He served as Mayor of Nashville from 1846 to 1847.[1][3][4][5]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Friends of Metropolitan Archives of Nashville and Davidson County, TN". Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 2013-03-27.
  2. ^ Archives: Goodlett Biographies
  3. ^ Nashville Library
  4. ^ William B. Nicholson, Profiles of early Tennessee leaders, 1780-1861, Nicholson, 1977, p. 111 [1]
  5. ^ William Henry McRaven, Nashville, Athens of the South, Tennessee Book Company, 1949, p. 272 [2]
Political offices
Preceded by Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee
1846-1847
Succeeded by