Angier Goodwin

Angier Louis Goodwin (January 30, 1881 – June 20, 1975) was a United States Representative from Massachusetts.

Angier Louis Goodwin
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 8th district
In office January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1955
Preceded by	Arthur Daniel Healey
Succeeded by	Torbert Macdonald
President of the Massachusetts Senate
In office 1941–1941
Preceded by	Joseph R. Cotton
Succeeded by	Jarvis Hunt
Member of the Massachusetts Senate 4th Middlesex District[1]
In office 1929[1] – 1941
Preceded by	Alvin E. Bliss
Succeeded by	Sumner G. Whittier
Mayor of Melrose, Massachusetts
In office 1921 – January 2, 1923
Succeeded by	Paul H. Provandle
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives[1] 22nd Middlesex District[2]
In office 1925[1][2] – 1928[1][1]
Succeeded by	Mary Livermore Barrows[3]
Personal details
Born	January 30, 1881 Fairfield, Maine
Died	June 20, 1975 (aged 94)
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Colby College Harvard Law School

He graduated from Colby College in 1902, and attended Harvard Law School three years later. He was admitted to the Maine bar that same year, the Massachusetts bar in the next, and practiced law in Boston.

He became a member of the Melrose, Massachusetts Board of Aldermen in 1912, and continued until 1914. He rejoined in 1916, and stayed for four more years. He served as president in 1920. He was the mayor of Melrose from 1921 to 1923. He became a member of the Massachusetts State Guard and legal adviser to aid draft registrants during the First World War. He was member of the Planning Board and chairman of the Board of Appeal in Melrose between 1923 and 1925. He served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1925 to 1928.

He was a member of the Massachusetts Senate from 1929 to 1941, and served as President of the Massachusetts Senate in his last year. He was chairman of the Massachusetts Commission on Participation in New York World's Fair, in 1939 and 1940, and chairman of the Massachusetts Commission on Administration and Finance in 1942. He was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1955).

He failed reelection in 1954. He was a member of the Massachusetts State Board of Tax Appeals from 1955 to 1960.

References

1. Howard, Richard T. (1933), Public Officials of Massachusetts 1933-1934, Boston, MA: Boston Review, p. 49.
2. Howard, Richard T. (1927), Public Officials of Massachusetts 1927-1928, Boston, MA: Boston Review Publicity Service, p. 173.
3. Howard, Richard T. (1929), Public Officials of Massachusetts 1929-1930, Boston, MA: Boston Review, p. 92.

• United States Congress. "Angier Goodwin (id: G000297)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Political offices
Preceded by	Mayor of Melrose, Massachusetts 1921 – January 2, 1923	Succeeded by Paul H. Provandle
Preceded by Joseph R. Cotton	President of the Massachusetts Senate 1941	Succeeded by Jarvis Hunt
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Arthur D. Healey	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 8th congressional district January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1955	Succeeded by Torbert H. Macdonald