Angier Goodwin

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title: "Angier Goodwin" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1881-births", "1975-deaths", "colby-college-alumni", "harvard-law-school-alumni", "mayors-of-melrose,-massachusetts", "republican-party-members-of-the-massachusetts-house-of-representatives", "people-from-fairfield,-maine", "presidents-of-the-massachusetts-senate", "republican-party-massachusetts-state-senators", "republican-party-united-states-representatives-from-massachusetts", "20th-century-members-of-the-massachusetts-general-court", "20th-century-united-states-representatives"] description: "American politician (1881-1975)" topic_path: "law" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angier_Goodwin" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary American politician (1881-1975) ::

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Field	Value
name	Angier Louis Goodwin
image	File:1935 Angier Goodwin senator Massachusetts.png
state	Massachusetts
district	8th
term_start	January 3, 1943
term_end	January 3, 1955
preceded	Arthur Daniel Healey
succeeded	Torbert Macdonald
office2	Chairman of the Massachusetts Commission on Administration and Finance
term_start2	1941
term_end2	1942
preceded2	Patrick J. Moynihan
succeeded2	Paul W. Foster
office3	President of the Massachusetts Senate
term_start3	1941
term_end3	1941
preceded3	Joseph R. Cotton
succeeded3	Jarvis Hunt
office4	Member of the Massachusetts Senate
from the 4th Middlesex district
term_start4	1929
term_end4	1941
preceded4	Alvin E. Bliss
succeeded4	Sumner G. Whittier
office5	Mayor of Melrose, Massachusetts
term_start5	1921
term_end5	January 2, 1923
preceded5	Charles H. Adams
succeeded5	Paul H. Provandle
office6	Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
from the 22nd Middlesex district
term_start6	1925
term_end6	1928
preceded6	Charles H. Gilmore
succeeded6	Mary Livermore Barrows
birth_date	January 30, 1881
birth_place	Fairfield, Maine
death_date	June 20, 1975 (aged 94)
party	Republican
alma_mater	Colby College
Harvard Law School
footnotes
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| name = Angier Louis Goodwin | image = File:1935 Angier Goodwin senator Massachusetts.png | state = Massachusetts | district = 8th | term_start = January 3, 1943 | term_end = January 3, 1955 | preceded = Arthur Daniel Healey | succeeded = Torbert Macdonald | office2 = Chairman of the Massachusetts Commission on Administration and Finance | term_start2 = 1941 | term_end2 = 1942 | preceded2 = Patrick J. Moynihan | succeeded2 = Paul W. Foster | office3 = President of the Massachusetts Senate | term_start3 = 1941 | term_end3 = 1941 | preceded3 = Joseph R. Cotton | succeeded3 = Jarvis Hunt | office4 = Member of the Massachusetts Senate from the 4th Middlesex district | term_start4 = 1929 | term_end4 = 1941 | preceded4 = Alvin E. Bliss | succeeded4 = Sumner G. Whittier | office5 = Mayor of Melrose, Massachusetts | term_start5 = 1921 | term_end5 = January 2, 1923 | preceded5 = Charles H. Adams | succeeded5 = Paul H. Provandle | office6 = Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 22nd Middlesex district | term_start6 = 1925 | term_end6 = 1928 | preceded6 = Charles H. Gilmore | succeeded6 = Mary Livermore Barrows | birth_date = January 30, 1881 | birth_place = Fairfield, Maine | death_date = June 20, 1975 (aged 94) | death_place = | nationality = | party = Republican | spouse = | relations = | children = | residence = | alma_mater = Colby College Harvard Law School | occupation = | profession = | religion = | signature = | website = | footnotes = Angier Louis Goodwin (January 30, 1881 – June 20, 1975) was a United States representative from Massachusetts.

Goodwin graduated from Colby College in 1902, and from Harvard Law School three years later. He was admitted to the Maine bar that same year and 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 served until 1914. Goodwin rejoined the board in 1916, and served four more years; he served as president in 1920. He was mayor of Melrose from 1921 to 1923.

Goodwin became a member of the Massachusetts State Guard and legal adviser to aid draft registrants during the First World War. He was a 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, and was a member of the Massachusetts Senate from 1929 to 1941, serving as Senate president in his last year. Goodwin was chairman of the Massachusetts Commission on Participation in the New York World's Fair in 1939 and 1940, and chairman of the Massachusetts Commission on Administration and Finance in 1942.

Goodwin was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1955). Defeated for re-election to Congress in 1954, he was a member of the Massachusetts State Board of Tax Appeals from 1955 to 1960.

References

| before = | title = Mayor of Melrose, Massachusetts | years= 1921 – January 2, 1923 | after =Paul H. Provandle}} | title = President of the Massachusetts Senate | before = Joseph R. Cotton | after =Jarvis Hunt | years = 1941}} | state=Massachusetts | district=8 | before=Arthur D. Healey | after=Torbert H. Macdonald | years=January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1955}}

References

1. Howard, Richard T.. (1933). "Public Officials of Massachusetts 1933-1934". Boston Review.
2. Howard, Richard T.. (1927). "Public Officials of Massachusetts 1927-1928". Boston Review Publicity Service.
3. Howard, Richard T.. (1929). "Public Officials of Massachusetts 1929-1930". Boston Review.

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