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Godfrey Gummer Goodwin (January 11, 1873 – February 16, 1933) was a Representative from
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Early life

He was born Alfred Gustafson near
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, to a single mother, Cecilia Carlson (née Sissa Carlsdotter), a native of
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. They moved to
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, in 1882, where he took the name Godfrey Gummer Goodwin. He attended public schools and graduated from the faculty of law at the
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in 1896. He was admitted to the
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in 1896 and commenced practice in
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. He married Geneva Edwina Josephina Gouldberg June 5, 1905. He served as president of the Board of Education in
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from 1914 to 1917.


Political career

He was prosecuting attorney of
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from 1898 to 1907. He was elected to the position again in November 1913, and served until February 15, 1925, when he resigned as he had been elected to Congress. He was elected as a Republican to the 69th, 70th, 71st, and 72nd congresses, serving from March 4, 1925, to February 16, 1933. After his congressional district was eliminated, he failed to receive nomination to the at-large Minnesota delegation in 1932. He plunged to his death from a window of the Hotel Driscoll in
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, on February 16, 1933, only two weeks before the end of his final term. It is not known whether Goodwin intended to commit suicide or if the fall was an accident. He is interred in
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, Minneapolis, Minnesota.


See also

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* . {{DEFAULTSORT:Goodwin, Godfrey G. 1873 births 1933 deaths American people of Swedish descent American prosecutors Minnesota lawyers People from Cambridge, Minnesota People from St. Peter, Minnesota University of Minnesota Law School alumni Deaths from falls Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota School board members in Minnesota 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives