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==Political career==
==Political career==
In 1918, Golden was elected county attorney in Knox County, a post that he filled until 1922. He was a delegate to the [[Republican National Convention]],<ref name=bio/> which nominated [[Moderate Republican]] [[Dwight Eisenhower]] over the more [[conservative]] [[U.S. Senator]] [[Robert A. Taft]].
In 1918, Golden was elected county attorney in Knox County, a post that he filled until 1922. He was a delegate to the [[Republican National Convention]],<ref name=bio/> which nominated [[Moderate Republican]] [[Dwight Eisenhower]] over the more [[conservative]] [[U.S. Senator]] [[Robert A. Taft]].
In June 1951 during a debate on creating a segregated veterans' hospital in Virginia that would only serve blacks, Golden supported the $5 million measure on the grounds that he believed black veterans were in favor of having such.<ref>FascinatingPolitics (June 16, 2021). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2021/06/16/the-booker-t-washington-veterans-hospital-a-segregation-debate-from-70-years-ago/ The Booker T. Washington Veterans Hospital: A Segregation Debate From 70 Years Ago]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved July 24, 2021.</ref>
Golden served in Congress from 1949 to 1955. He did not seek re-nomination in 1954 and was succeeded by the conservative [[Eugene Siler]]. He then resumed his law practice. He died in Pineville, Kentucky, and is interred there at Pineville Memorial Cemetery.<ref name=bio/>
Golden served in Congress from 1949 to 1955. He did not seek re-nomination in 1954 and was succeeded by the conservative [[Eugene Siler]]. He then resumed his law practice. He died in Pineville, Kentucky, and is interred there at Pineville Memorial Cemetery.<ref name=bio/>