William S. Goodwin
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Biography
Born in Warren, Arkansas, Goodwin attended the public schools, the Farmers' Academy near Duluth, Georgia, Cooledge's Preparatory School, Moore's College, Atlanta, Georgia, and the Universities of Arkansas and Mississippi. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1894 and commenced practice in Warren, Arkansas.
Career
He served as member of the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1895, and in the Arkansas Senate from 1905 to 1909. He served as member of the board of trustees of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 1907 to 1911.
Congress
Goodwin was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1921). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1920, losing the primary election to Tilman Parks.
Later career and death
After leaving Congress, Goodwin returned to the practice of law in Warren, Arkansas.
He died there on August 9, 1937, and was interred in Oak Lawn Cemetery.
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- 1866 births
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- Democratic Party members of the Arkansas House of Representatives
- Democratic Party Arkansas state senators
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas
- 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
- 19th-century members of the Arkansas General Assembly
- 20th-century members of the Arkansas General Assembly