Forrest Goodwin (June 14, 1862 – May 28, 1913) was a

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from

Maine Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north ...

. He was born in

Skowhegan, Maine Skowhegan () is the county seat of Somerset County, Maine. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 8,620. Every August, Skowhegan hosts the annual Skowhegan State Fair, the oldest continuously-held state fair in the United States. Skowh ...

and attended the common schools, graduated from Skowhegan High School and Bloomfield Academy. He also graduated from

Colby College Colby College is a private liberal arts college in Waterville, Maine. It was founded in 1813 as the Maine Literary and Theological Institution, then renamed Waterville College after the city where it resides. The donations of Christian philanthr ...

and the

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. 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

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Thomas B. Reed in the Fifty-first Congress, was elected a member of the Maine 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 May 28, 1913. His interment was in South Side Cemetery, Skowhegan.

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