Howard M. Baldrige

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Howard Malcolm Baldrige (born June 23, 1894 in Omaha , Nebraska , † January 19, 1985 in Southbury , Connecticut ) was an American politician . Between 1931 and 1933 he represented the second constituency of the state of Nebraska in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Howard Baldrige attended public schools in his home country including Omaha High School . He then studied at the Phillips Academy in Andover ( Massachusetts ) and until 1918 at Yale University . In 1918 he was captain of an artillery unit in the final stages of the First World War . After the war, Baldrige studied law at the University of Nebraska Law School until 1921 . After his admission to the bar in the same year, he began to practice his new profession in Omaha.

Baldrige became a member of the Republican Party . In 1923 he was elected to the Nebraska House of Representatives. In 1924 and 1928 he was a delegate to the respective Republican National Conventions , at which Calvin Coolidge and Herbert C. Hoover were nominated as the party's presidential candidates.

In the 1930 congressional elections, Howard Baldrige was elected to the US House of Representatives, where he succeeded Willis G. Sears on March 4, 1931 . Since he was not confirmed in office in the following elections in 1932, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1933 . After his time in Washington ended , Baldrige worked as a lawyer again. During the Second World War , he was an officer in the Air Corps of the US Army between 1942 and 1945 . He rose to the rank of colonel.

After the war he worked as a lawyer in Washington DC and New York City . He lived in Washington, Connecticut. Howard Baldrige was married to Regina Katherine Connell, niece of Congressman William James Connell , since 1921 . The couple had three children, including son Howard Malcolm Jr. , who served as US Secretary of Commerce from 1981 to 1987 . Howard Baldrige died on January 19, 1985 at the age of 90.

Web links

  • Howard M. Baldrige in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Baldrige, Howard M.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baldrige, Howard Malcolm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 23, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Omaha , Nebraska
DATE OF DEATH January 19, 1985
Place of death Southbury , Connecticut