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Philip Arnold Goodwin (January 20, 1882 – June 6, 1937) was a Republican member of the
Philip Arnold Goodwin (January 20, 1882 – June 6, 1937) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives
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from New York
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Goodwin was born in Athens, New York
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. He was in the steel bridge construction business in Albany, New York
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from 1902 until 1916. From 1916 until his death he owned and operated a lumber business in Coxsackie, New York
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. He was elected to Congress in 1932 and represented New York's 27th congressional district
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from March 4, 1933, until his death in Coxsackie, New York. Goodwin, 65 at the time of his death, had had a heart attack in the course of his campaign for re-election in 1936, and died of a second heart attack at this home in Coxsackie on June 6, 1937."Seat Vacant— Representative from Twenty-Seventh District Dies at Home in Coxsackie" ''Middletown (NY) Times Herald'', June 7, 1937
See also
*List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)
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1882 births 1937 deaths People from Greene County, New York Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) 20th-century New York (state) politicians 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives {{NewYork-Representative-stub