Henry Charles Goodwin (June 25, 1824 – November 12, 1860) was a

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from

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. Born in

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, Goodwin completed preparatory studies. He studied law with Aretmas V. Bentley, was

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in 1846 and commenced practice in

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. He served as

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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

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and served from November 7, 1854, to March 3, 1855. He was elected as a

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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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