Harry Streett Baldwin

Harry Streett Baldwin (born August 21, 1894 in Baldwin , Baltimore County , Maryland , †  October 19, 1952 in Baltimore , Maryland) was an American politician . Between 1943 and 1947 he represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Harry Baldwin attended public schools in his home country and then studied at the University of Maryland . He then became the owner of a farm. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In 1931 he was a member of the Maryland House of Representatives ; between 1934 and 1942 he was a member of the district council. Since 1938 he was its president. In the 1942 congressional elections , Baldwin was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the second constituency of Maryland , where he succeeded William Purington Cole on January 3, 1943 . After being re-elected, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until January 3, 1947 . During his time in Congress, the Second World War came to an end .

In 1946, Baldwin renounced another congressional candidacy. Instead, he unsuccessfully sought his party's nomination for gubernatorial elections . In the following years he worked again in agriculture. In 1950 he became a member and later chairman of the Baltimore County County Council. He died in Baltimore on October 19, 1952 and was buried in Jacksonville .

Web links

• Harry Streett Baldwin in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Harry Streett Baldwin in the database of Find a Grave (English)