John Milton Goodenow (1782 – July 20, 1838) was an American lawyer and politician who served one year as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1829 to 1830.
He was appointed collector of direct taxes and internal duties for the sixth collection district of Ohio in 1817.
He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1823.
Goodenow was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress and served from March 4, 1829, until April 9, 1830, when he resigned, having been chosen a judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio. He resigned in the summer of 1830 on account of ill health. He moved to Cincinnati in 1832.
Goodenow, John (1819). Historical Sketches of the Principles and Maxims of American Jurisprudence: In Contrast with the Doctrines of the English Common Law on the Subject of Crimes and Punishment. Steubenville, Ohio: James Wilson. OCLC4343241. - "was the first important commentary on the status of the English common law in America",[4] and "is an important resource for legal historians studying the development of American jurisprudence.",[3] though only 100 copies were printed.[5]