Philip Arnold GOODWIN, Congress, NY (1882-1937)

GOODWIN, Philip Arnold, a Representative from New York; born in Athens, Greene County, N.Y., January 20, 1882; attended the public schools; moved to Coxsackie, N.Y., with his parents in 1896; was graduated from the high school at Coxsackie, N.Y., in 1900, and from Albany (N.Y.) Business College in 1902; engaged in the steel bridge construction business at Albany, N.Y., 1902-1916; owner and operator of a lumber business at Coxsackie, N.Y., from 1916 until his death; also interested in banking, in a milling and supply company, and in a securities company; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth Congresses and served from March 4, 1933, until his death in Coxsackie, N.Y., June 6, 1937; interment in Riverside Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present