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Forrest Goodwin (June 14, 1862 – May 28, 1913) was a
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from
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. He was born in Skowhegan, Maine and attended the common schools, graduated from Skowhegan High School and Bloomfield Academy. He also graduated from Colby College and the Boston University School of Law. He was admitted to the bar in 1889 and commenced practice in Skowhegan. He was elected a member of the
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in 1889. He was appointed clerk at the Speaker's table under Speaker Thomas B. Reed in the Fifty-first Congress, was elected a member of the
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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
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May 28, 1913. His interment was in South Side Cemetery, Skowhegan.


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1862 births 1913 deaths Politicians 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 members of the Maine Legislature 19th-century American lawyers Skowhegan Area High School alumni 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives {{Maine-politician-stub