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

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from

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. He was born in

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

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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

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for its 1903 and 1905 sessions, 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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