Angier Louis Goodwin (January 30, 1881 – June 20, 1975) was a United States Representative from

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. He graduated from

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in 1902, and attended

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three years later. He was admitted to the Maine bar that same year, the Massachusetts bar in the next, and practiced law in

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. He became a member of the

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in 1912, and continued until 1914. He rejoined in 1916, and stayed for four more years. He served as president in 1920. He was the mayor of Melrose from 1921 to 1923. He became a member of the Massachusetts State Guard and legal adviser to aid draft registrants during the

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. He was member of the

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and chairman of the Board of Appeal in Melrose between 1923 and 1925. He served in the

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from 1925 to 1928. He was a member of the

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from 1929 to 1941, and served as

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in his last year. He was chairman of the

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, in 1939 and 1940, and chairman of the

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in 1942. He was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1955). He failed reelection in

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. He was a member of the Massachusetts State Board of Tax Appeals from 1955 to 1960.

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