Godfrey G. Goodwin

Godfrey Gummer Goodwin (born January 11, 1873 in Saint Peter , Nicollet County , Minnesota , †  February 16, 1933 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1925 and 1933 he represented the state of Minnesota in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1882, Godfrey Goodwin moved to Saint Paul with his mother . There he attended public schools. He then studied until 1895 at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis . After a subsequent law degree at the same university and his admission to the bar in 1896, he began to practice in his new profession in Cambridge (Minnesota). Between 1898 and 1907 and again from 1913 to 1925 he was District Attorney in Isanti County . Between 1914 and 1917 he was also chairman of the Cambridge Ward Education Committee.

Goodwin was a member of the Republican Party . In the 1924 congressional election, he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC as their candidate in the tenth constituency of Minnesota . There he took over from Thomas David Schall on March 4, 1925 . After three re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on February 16, 1933 . His last years in Congress were overshadowed by the Great Depression. In 1932, Goodwin's 10th electoral district was dissolved. He was not nominated for another district by his party. However, he would not have been able to take up any further term in any case because he died before the end of his last legislative term on March 3, 1933.

Web links

• Godfrey G. Goodwin in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Godfrey G. Goodwin in the database of Find a Grave (English)