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Monroe Gooden

1848–1915

United States

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Monroe Washington Gooden (May 10, 1848 – January 19, 1915) was a politician in Tennessee. He served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He served in the Tennessee General Assembly as a Democrat, representing Fayette County from 1887 until 1889.

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