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Henry Charles Goodwin (June 25, 1824 – November 12, 1860) was a
U.S. Representative
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from
New York
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Born in
DeRuyter, New York
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, Goodwin completed preparatory studies. He studied law with Aretmas V. Bentley, was
admitted to the bar
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in 1846 and commenced practice in
Hamilton, New York
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. He served as
district attorney
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of
Madison County from 1847 to 1850.
Goodwin was elected as a
Whig to the
Thirty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of
Gerrit Smith
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and served from November 7, 1854, to March 3, 1855. He was elected as a
Republican
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to the
Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859).
He resumed the practice of law and died Hamilton on November 12, 1860. He was interred in Hamilton's Madison Street Cemetery.
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1824 births
1860 deaths
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