# Forrest Goodwin

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{{Short description|American politician (1862–1913)}}
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{{infobox officeholder
|name=Forrest Goodwin
|image=Forrest Goodwin (Maine Congressman).jpg
|state=[Maine](/source/Maine)
|district={{ushr|ME|3|3rd}}
|term_start=March 4, 1913
|term_end=May 28, 1913
|predecessor=[Samuel Wadsworth Gould](/source/Samuel_Wadsworth_Gould)
|successor=[John A. Peters](/source/John_A._Peters_(1864%E2%80%931953))
|office1=69th [President of the Maine Senate](/source/President_of_the_Maine_Senate)
|term_start1=January 4, 1905
|term_end1=January 2, 1907
|predecessor1=[Harry R. Virgin](/source/Harry_R._Virgin)
|successor1=[Fred J. Allen](/source/Fred_J._Allen)
|state_senate2=Maine
|district2=[8th](/source/Maine's_8th_State_Senate_district)
|term_start2=January 7, 1903
|term_end2=January 2, 1907
|predecessor2=George G. Weeks
|successor2=Edward P. Page
|constituency2=[Somerset County](/source/Somerset_County%2C_Maine)
|state_house3=Maine
|constituency3={{nowrap|from [Skowhegan](/source/Skowhegan%2C_Maine)}}
|term_start3=January 2, 1889
|term_end3=January 7, 1891
|predecessor3=Sylvester J. Walton
|successor3=Charles A. Marston
|birth_name=Edward Forrest Goodwin
|birth_date={{birth date|1862|6|14}}
|birth_place=[Skowhegan, Maine](/source/Skowhegan%2C_Maine), U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1913|5|28|1862|6|14}}
|death_place=[Portland, Maine](/source/Portland%2C_Maine), U.S.
|resting_place=South Side Cemetery, Skowhegan, Maine, U.S.
|party=[Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))
|education={{ubil|[Colby College](/source/Colby_College) ([AB](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts))|[Boston University](/source/Boston_University_School_of_Law) ([LLB](/source/Bachelor_of_Laws))}}
|occupation={{hlist|Politician|lawyer}}
}}
'''Edward Forrest Goodwin''' (June 14, 1862 – May 28, 1913) was a [United States representative](/source/United_States_representative) from [Maine](/source/Maine).  He was born in [Skowhegan, Maine](/source/Skowhegan%2C_Maine) and attended the common schools, graduated from Skowhegan High School and [Bloomfield Academy](/source/Bloomfield_Academy_(Skowhegan%2C_Maine)).  He also graduated from [Colby College](/source/Colby_College) and the [Boston University School of Law](/source/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](/source/Maine_House_of_Representatives) in 1889. He was appointed clerk at the Speaker's table under [Speaker](/source/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives) [Thomas B. Reed](/source/Thomas_Brackett_Reed) in the Fifty-first Congress, was elected a member of the [Maine Senate](/source/Maine_Senate) for its 1903 and 1905 sessions, and served as its president in 1905.

He was elected as a [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) to the Sixty-third Congress and served from March 4, 1913, until his death in [Portland, Maine](/source/Portland%2C_Maine) May 28, 1913.  His interment was in [Southside Cemetery, Skowhegan](/source/Southside_Cemetery_(Skowhegan%2C_Maine)).

==See also==
*[List of members of the United States Congress who died in office (1900–1949)](/source/List_of_members_of_the_United_States_Congress_who_died_in_office_(1900%E2%80%931949))

==References==
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| state=Maine
| district=3
| before=[Samuel Wadsworth Gould](/source/Samuel_Wadsworth_Gould)
| after=[John A. Peters](/source/John_A._Peters_(1864%E2%80%931953))
| years=March 4, 1913 – May 28, 1913
}}
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