Robert K. Goodwin

Robert Kingman Goodwin (* May 23, 1905 in Des Moines, Iowa, † February 21, 1983 in Rochester, Minnesota ) was an American politician. Between 1940 and 1941 he represented the state of Iowa in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Robert Goodwin attended the common schools and then studied until 1928 at Drake University in Des Moines. Later he studied at the George Washington University law. In 1929, Goodwin moved to Redfield in Dallas County, Iowa. There he established 1934-1949 masonry and bricks. He also worked in the agricultural industry. Between 1938 and 1940, Goodwin was mayor of Redfield.

Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party. In the years 1936 and 1938 he took part in the regional party conferences in Iowa as a delegate. From 1939 to 1940 he was Vice President of the Department of Agriculture ( Farm Bureau ) in Dallas County. After the death of Congressman Cassius C. Dowell, he won the election due in the sixth constituency of Iowa and participated in the March 5, 1940 his place in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC one. He finished until January 3, 1941, Unopened legislature. In the regular congressional elections of 1940, he renounced another candidacy.

Between 1941 and 1965 Goodwin Director of the Central National Bank & Trust Co. was during the Second World War he was a member between 1942 and 1945 the reserve of the U.S. Navy at. In 1952 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago, was nominated at the Dwight D. Eisenhower as a presidential candidate. Between 1952 and 1956 belonged Goodwin at the Republican National Committee. He was also a curator and vice president of the Herbert Hoover Foundation. In addition, he worked again in the brick manufacturing. Robert Goodwin died in February 1983 in Rochester, and was buried in Des Moines.