death_date death_place birth_place image_size party office birth_date term article_title name
20 april 1958 auburn , washington , united states muscatine county , iowa , united states 180px republican member 43rd district of the washington house of representatives for the 15 july 1863 1895 & ndash ; 1897 albert j. goddard
 a. j. goddard
albert j. goddard

albert j. goddard -lrb- july 15 , 1863 -- april 20 , 1958 -rrb- was an american politician in the state of washington .
he served in the washington house of representatives from 1895 to 1897 .
a sternwheeler-utility boat , built for use in the yukon gold rush , was named for him , `` a. j. goddard '' .
the boat sank in 1901 and was rediscovered largely intact in 2008 .
on board the boat were artifacts of the period such as a gramophone with contemporary recordings .
