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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsAngier Louis GOODWIN
(1881-1975)
GOODWIN, Angier Louis, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Fairfield, Somerset
County, Maine, January 30, 1881; attended the public schools; was
graduated from Colby College, Waterville, Maine, in 1902; attended
Harvard Law School in 1905; was admitted to the Maine bar in 1905,
the Massachusetts bar in 1906, and commenced the practice of law in
Boston, Mass.; member of the Melrose Board of Aldermen 1912-1914
and 1916-1920, serving as president in 1920; mayor of Melrose,
Mass., 1921-1923; member of the Massachusetts State Guard and legal
adviser to aid draft registrants during the First World War; member
of the Planning Board and chairman of the Board of Appeal, Melrose,
Mass., 1923-1925; served in the State house of representatives
1925-1928; member of the State senate, 1929-1941, serving as
president in 1941; chairman of the Massachusetts Commission on
Participation in New York World’s Fair, in 1939 and 1940;
chairman of the State Commission on Administration and Finance in
1942; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth and to the five
succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1955);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1954 to the Eighty-fourth
Congress; member of the Massachusetts State Board of Tax Appeals
1955-1960; retired and resided in Melrose, Mass., where he died
June 20, 1975; interment in Wyoming Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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