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Forrest Goodwin

Forrest Goodwin served as a representative for Maine (1913-1915).

  • Republican
  • Maine
  • District 3
  • Former
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Role Representative

Current assignment referenced in the congressional directory.

State Maine

Representing constituents across the Maine delegation.

District District 3

District insights and legislative focus areas.

Service period 1913-1915

Years of public service formally recorded.

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Biography

Edward Forrest Goodwin (June 14, 1862 – May 28, 1913) was a United States representative from Maine. 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 Maine House of Representatives 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 Maine Senate 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 Portland, Maine May 28, 1913. His interment was in Southside Cemetery, Skowhegan.

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