Goodenow, Robert

Goodenow, Robert (brother of Rufus King Goodenow), a Representative from Maine; born in Henniker, Merrimack County, N.H., on April 19, 1800; moved with his parents to Bownfield, Maine, in 1802; attended the common schools at that place, and at Sanford in 1815 and 1816; studied medicine; went to Paris, Maine, and served as clerk of the courts during his brother’s illness; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1822 and commenced practice in Wilton, Maine; county attorney 1828-1834; moved to Farmington, Maine, in 1832 and continued the practice of law; elected ass Whig to the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853); unsuccessful candidate for renomination; 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; died in Farmington, May 15, 1874; interment in Riverside Cemetery.