Robert Goodenow was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from Maine

Maine

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, brother of Rufus King Goodenow

Rufus K. Goodenow

Rufus King Goodenow was a United States Representative from Maine. Born in Henniker, New Hampshire on April 24, 1790, he moved with his parents to Brownfield, Maine in 1802. He received limited schooling, subsequently engaged in agricultural pursuits...

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Born in Henniker, New Hampshire

Henniker, New Hampshire

Henniker is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town had a total population of 4,836. Henniker is home to New England College, Ames State Forest and Craney Hill State Forest....

, Goodenow moved with his parents to Brownfield, Maine

Brownfield, Maine

Brownfield is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,251 at the 2000 census. Brownfield is home to the Stone Mountain Arts Center.-History:...

, in 1802.
He attended the common schools at that place and at Sanford in 1815 and 1816.
He studied medicine.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar in 1822 and commenced practice in Wilton, Maine.
County attorney 1828-1834.
He moved to Farmington, Maine, in 1832 and continued the practice of law.

Goodenow was elected as a Whig

Whig Party (United States)

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to the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination.
He was appointed State bank commissioner in 1857.
County treasurer of Franklin County 1866-1868.
Again county attorney in 1869 and 1870.
Treasurer of the Franklin County Savings Bank 1868-1874.
He died in Farmington, May 15, 1874.
He was interred in Riverside Cemetery.