Forrest Goodwin

Forrest Goodwin, 1915

Forrest Goodwin (born June 14, 1862 in Skowhegan , Maine , †  May 28, 1913 in Portland , Maine) was an American politician . In 1913 he represented the state of Maine in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Forrest Goodwin attended public schools in his home country including Skowhegan High School and Bloomfield Academy . He then studied until 1887 at Colby College in Waterville . After a subsequent law degree at Boston University and his admission to the bar in 1889, he began to work in his new profession in 1891 in Skowhegan.

Goodwin was a member of the Republican Party . In 1889 he was a member of the Maine House of Representatives . Between 1889 and 1891 he was an employee of the President of the US House of Representatives, Thomas Brackett Reed . From 1903 to 1905 Goodwin was a member of the Maine Senate , of which he was President in 1905.

In 1912 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Maine . On March 4, 1913, he succeeded Samuel W. Gould of the Democratic Party . Goodwin was only able to spend a quarter of a year in Congress . During this time, on April 8, 1913, the 17th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, which required direct election of US Senators . Forrest Goodwin died on May 28 of the same year and was buried in Skowhegan.

Web links

• Forrest Goodwin in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Forrest Goodwin in the database of Find a Grave (English)