X-Nico

2 unusual facts about Herman P. Goebel


Herman P. Goebel

Goebel was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1903 – March 4, 1911).

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress.


1920 Michigan Wolverines football team

Paul G. Goebel, Grand Rapids, Michigan - started 7 games at right end

1923 Michigan Wolverines football team

Several of the key players from the 1922 team were gone, including fullback Franklin Cappon, right end Paul Goebel, and left end Bernard Kirk.

Herman P. Eberharter

In 1945, Ebeharter introduced the legislation that gave official Congressional approval of the Pledge of Allegiance.

Irwin Uteritz

He missed the opening game against Case as Michigan Coach Fielding H. Yost asked team captain Paul G. Goebel and Uteritz to accompany him to Columbus, Ohio to watch the Ohio State Buckeyes in action against Ohio Wesleyan.

Yost used the bye week for another scouting trip, traveling with Uteritz, Harry Kipke and Paul G. Goebel to Madison, Wisconsin to watch the Badgers play.

Marie C. Brehm

Suffragette Marie Caroline Brehm (died January 21, 1926) was the first legally qualified female candidate to run for the vice-presidency of the United States, which she did in 1924 on the ticket of the Prohibition Party running with Herman P. Faris.


see also