Louis Bertrand Goodall (September 23, 1851 in Winchester, New Hampshire – June 26, 1935 in Sanford, Maine) was a

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. He moved to

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with his parents in 1852. He attended the common schools of Troy, then attended a private school in

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, a private school in

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, and the

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. He entered his father's mills at Sanford, Maine in 1874 and afterward engaged extensively in the wool-manufacturing industry and in the railroad business. He established the Goodall Worsted Co., which originated

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. He became president of the Sanford National Bank from its organization in 1896, and became chairman of the Maine commission to the

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, St. Louis, Mo., in 1904. He was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fifth and Sixty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1921). He was elected chairman of the Committee on Elections No. 2 (Sixty-sixth Congress). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1920. He resumed manufacturing interests and banking in Sanford, Maine, until his death there. His interment was in Oakdale Cemetery.

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* 1851 births 1935 deaths People from Sanford, Maine People from Winchester, New Hampshire Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Maine {{Maine-politician-stub