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Goudeau opened his law office in Opelousas on April 5, 1952, In 1955, he was appointed assistant DA of St. Landry Parish, a position he filled until 1973, when he was elected as district attorney, a post he filled for twenty-four years until his retirement. He served as president of the Louisiana District Attorney’s Association and was the Louisiana representative on the board of directors of the National District Attorney’s Association. He was also the first DA to have been inducted in 2005 into the Louisiana Justice Hall of Fame. An active Democrat, he managed the 1960 presidential campaign in south Louisiana on behalf of the victorious ticket of [[John F. Kennedy]] and [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], which defeated the [[Republican Party|Republican]] choice, [[Richard M. Nixon]] and Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (1902-1985). Goudeau was a delegate to numerous Democratic national conventions. For a time he was the vice-chairman of the state Democratic Party. However, he dissented from [[liberal]] national Democrats on the issue of [[abortion]] and was a longtime member of the National Right to Life Association and the Pro-Life Democrats organization.<ref name=findagrave/>

Goudeau opened his law office in Opelousas on April 5, 1952, In 1955, he was appointed assistant DA of St. Landry Parish, a position he filled until 1973, when he was elected as district attorney, a post he filled for twenty-four years until his retirement. He served as president of the Louisiana District Attorney’s Association and was the Louisiana representative on the board of directors of the National District Attorney’s Association. He was also the first DA to have been inducted in 2005 into the Louisiana Justice Hall of Fame. An active Democrat, he managed the 1960 presidential campaign in south Louisiana on behalf of the victorious ticket of [[John F. Kennedy]] and [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], which defeated the [[Republican Party|Republican]] choice, [[Richard M. Nixon]] and Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (1902-1985). Goudeau was a delegate to numerous Democratic national conventions. For a time he was the vice-chairman of the state Democratic Party. However, he dissented from [[liberal]] national Democrats on the issue of [[abortion]] and was a longtime member of the National Right to Life Association and the Pro-Life Democrats organization.<ref name=findagrave/>

In 1986, he finished third with 36,304 votes (20 percent) in a bid for the U.S. House of Representatives for the since defunct 8th congressional district., long held by the late [[Gillis Long]]. Goudeau lost a runoff berth to [[African-American]] E. Faye Williams and the final winner, Republican  Clyde Cecil Holloway. (1943-2016)., a forest nurseryman from Forest Hill in south Rapides Parish, who served in Congress from 1987 to 1993.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, September 27, 1986.</ref>

In 1986, he finished third with 36,304 votes (20 percent) in a bid for the U.S. House of Representatives for the since defunct 8th congressional district., long held by the late [[Gillis Long]]. Goudeau lost a runoff berth to [[African-American]] E. Faye Williams and the final winner, Republican  Clyde Cecil Holloway (1943-2016), a forest nurseryman from Forest Hill in south Rapides Parish, who served in Congress from 1987 to 1993.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, September 27, 1986.</ref>

Goudeau was the first president of the Opelousas-Eunice Library board and served as a directorof the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. He was also a director for the Opelousas [[Chamber of Commerce]], the Louisiana Cattleman’s Association, and First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Opelousas. He was o a board member of the  Academy of the Sacred Heart in Grand Coteau and a  lecturer in Criminal Justice at L.S.U. in Eunice. He was the first rector of the Cursillo Movement in the Diocese of Lafayette and a Eucharistic minister at Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church in Opelousas. <ref name=findagrave/>

Goudeau was the first president of the Opelousas-Eunice Library board and served as a directorof the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. He was also a director for the Opelousas [[Chamber of Commerce]], the Louisiana Cattleman’s Association, and First Federal Savings & Loan Association of Opelousas. He was o a board member of the  Academy of the Sacred Heart in Grand Coteau and a  lecturer in Criminal Justice at L.S.U. in Eunice. He was the first rector of the Cursillo Movement in the Diocese of Lafayette and a Eucharistic minister at Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church in Opelousas. <ref name=findagrave/>