Joshua Goodwin

★ U.S. Representative

Home state: Maine
Party: Democratic
On the ballot: 1823–1876

Career timeline

1823Rep 1834Rep 1876Rep

1-2

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Goodwin18,844

Opponents35,567

Elections run

Between 1823 and 1876, Joshua Goodwin ran in 3 U.S. House elections, winning 1 and losing 2. Goodwin's biggest single-election total was 15,156 votes, in the 1876 U.S. House election in Maine's District 1. Goodwin's closest win came in the 1834 U.S. House election in Maine's District 1, decided by 174 votes.

Browse every U.S. House race in Maine's District 1 or all 1876 U.S. House races.

How many votes has Joshua Goodwin received?

Joshua Goodwin has received 18,844 popular votes across 3 U.S. elections, with a career record of 1–2.

Election history

Joshua Goodwin’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
1876	U.S. HouseMaine	Lost	15,15647.93%	Thomas Reed John Burleigh
1834	U.S. HouseMaine	Won	3,68543.94%	Horace Porter W A Hayes Peter M McDonald (head-to-head)
1823	U.S. HouseMaine	Lost	30.03%	Thomas G Thornton William Burleigh B G McIntire Isaac Lane Edward P Hayman Benjamin Greene Peter M McDonald (head-to-head) Joseph Prime George W Wallingford John Bowdoin Charles E Allen Ether Shepley John Spring James Ayer Samuel E Smith Enoch Wood W P Thompson A K Parris D A H Powers Tucker Kimball Joshua Hall John Bodwell Timothy Shaw Israel Lassell Seth S Fairfield David Legrow Joseph Dane Samuel Fox Cyrus 11ll G D Weeks Samuel Burbank John M Parsons Phinehas Ricken P G Hooper Samuel Shapleigh Exekiel Whitman W A Tucker O S Pillsbury Thomas Sands Henry Woodman Lane Isaac Abner Sawyer David Appleton Moses Garey Simon Nowell Sulvester Haley L B Swett Elijah P Pike Alexander Rice Carver Buker Henry Hobbs Silas Whood John Huston

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Compiled by PolitiFinder. Election results from official certified sources and the MIT Election Lab. See Data & sources and methodology. Data last verified July 28, 2026.