Robert Kingman Goodwin | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromIowa's6th district | |
| In office March 5, 1940 – January 3, 1941 | |
| Preceded by | Cassius C. Dowell |
| Succeeded by | Paul Cunningham |
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| Born | (1905-05-23)May 23, 1905 Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | February 21, 1983(1983-02-21) (aged 77) Rochester, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Resting place | Resthaven, Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
| Education | Drake University George Washington University |
Robert Kingman Goodwin (May 23, 1905 – February 21, 1983) was aRepublicanU.S. Representative fromIowa from a March 1940 special election until the end of his term in January 1941.
Born inDes Moines, Iowa, Goodwin attended the public schools.He graduated fromDrake University,Des Moines, Iowa, in 1928 and later attended the law school ofGeorge Washington University,Washington, D.C.He moved toRedfield, Iowa, in 1929 and engaged in the brick and tile manufacturing business and farming from 1934 to 1949.He served as mayor ofRedfield, Iowa from 1938 to 1940.He was also a delegate to the Republican State conventions in 1936 and 1938, and vice president of the Dallas County Farm Bureau in 1939 and 1940.
On March 5, 1940, Goodwin was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofCassius C. Dowell.[1] He was not a candidate for renomination in 1940, although a cadre of supporters attempted to draft him to break a deadlock in the nominating convention.[2]
Upon his return from Congress, Goodwin resumed his manufacturing business. After the United States became involved inWorld War II, he was commissioned a lieutenant in theUnited States Naval Reserve in June 1942 and served until November 2, 1945. He was a civilian aide to the Secretary of the Army from 1952 to 1956.
He also served as director of the Central National Bank and Trust Co. from 1941 to 1965, a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1952, a member of theRepublican National Committee from 1952 to 1956, and a trustee and vice president of Herbert Hoover Foundation, Inc.
He was a resident of Des Moines until his death inRochester, Minnesota on February 21, 1983. He was interred in Resthaven, Des Moines.
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