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Forrest Goodwin (June 14, 1862 – May 28, 1913) was a
Forrest Goodwin (June 14, 1862 – May 28, 1913) was a United States representative
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from Maine
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. He was born in Skowhegan, Maine
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and attended the common schools, graduated from Skowhegan High School and Bloomfield Academy. He also graduated from Colby College
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and Boston University Law School
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. He was admitted to the bar in 1889 and commenced practice in Skowhegan.
He was elected a member of the Maine House of Representatives
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in 1889. He was appointed clerk at the Speaker's table under Speaker
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Thomas B. Reed in the Fifty-first Congress, was elected a member of the Maine State Senate 1903–1905, and served as its president in 1905.
He was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-third Congress and served from March 4, 1913, until his death in Portland, Maine
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May 28, 1913. His interment was in South Side Cemetery, Skowhegan.
See also
*List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)
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* List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)
* List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–1949)
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References
1862 births 1913 deaths People from Skowhegan, Maine Colby College alumni Boston University School of Law alumni Maine lawyers Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Maine 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American lawyers {{Maine-politician-stub