C. F. Goodridge served as the representative for the Four Railroad Brotherhoods, which, along with the State Federation of Labor, organized the Joint Legislative Board in 1903. He sat on the board for the sessions of the 30th through the 37th Legislatures (1907-1921), and was the chairman of the Texas Nonpartisan Political Conference, which convened in Dallas, April 25, 1922. Representing the Order of Railway Conductors, Goodridge attended the Joint Farm-Labor Legislative Conference, a part of the 38th Texas Legislature, 1923.
Sources: Texas Bureau of Labor Statistics. Fifth Biennial Report, 1917-1918 . [Austin: TBLS], 1918.
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. The Railroad trainman, Volume 39 . S. I.: The Brotherhood, 1922.
From the guide to the Goodridge, C. F. Papers 1941., 1904-1929, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin)
