Robert K. Goodwin

Robert Kingman Goodwin (born May 23, 1905 in Des Moines , Iowa , †  February 21, 1983 in Rochester , Minnesota ) was an American politician . Between 1940 and 1941 he represented the state of Iowa in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Robert Goodwin attended the public schools in his home country and then studied at Drake University in Des Moines until 1928 . He later studied law at George Washington University . In 1929, Goodwin moved to Redfield , Dallas County , Iowa. There he manufactured masonry and bricks between 1934 and 1949. He also worked there in agriculture. Goodwin was Mayor of Redfield between 1938 and 1940.

Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party . In 1936 and 1938 he took part as a delegate to their regional party conventions in Iowa. From 1939 to 1940 he was Vice President of the Farm Bureau in Dallas County. After the death of Congressman Cassius C. Dowell , he won the due by-election in the sixth constituency of Iowa and took his place in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC on March 5, 1940 . There he ended the legislative period that had begun on January 3, 1941. In the regular congressional elections of 1940, he renounced another candidacy.

Between 1941 and 1965, Goodwin was director of the Central National Bank & Trust Co. During World War II , he was a member of the US Navy Reserve from 1942 to 1945 . In 1952 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago , where Dwight D. Eisenhower was nominated as a presidential candidate. Between 1952 and 1956, Goodwin was a member of the Republican National Committee . He was also the curator and Vice President of the Herbert Hoover Foundation. In addition, he worked again in brick production. Robert Goodwin died in Rochester in February 1983 and was buried in Des Moines.

Web links

• Robert K. Goodwin in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)