John Denison Baldwin

John Denison Baldwin

John Denison Baldwin (born September 28, 1809 in North Stonington , New London County , Connecticut , †  July 8, 1883 in Worcester , Massachusetts ) was an American politician . Between 1863 and 1869 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1816, John Baldwin and his parents moved to Chenango County , New York State . In 1823 the family returned to North Stonington. He attended the public schools of his respective homeland and began a law degree, which he broke off. Instead, he studied theology at Yale Divinity School . After his ordination as a clergyman of the Congregational Church in 1834 , he practiced this activity in various cities in Connecticut until 1849. Baldwin was an opponent of slavery and entered the newspaper business in 1849. He subsequently gave up in Hartford , Bostonand Worcester newspapers out. He joined the Free Soil Party and was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1847 to 1852 . He then became a member of the Republican Party . From 1859 John Baldwin lived in Worcester, where he worked for the newspaper "Worcester Spy" until his death. In May 1860 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago , where Abraham Lincoln was nominated as a candidate for president.

In the congressional election of 1862 , Baldwin was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the eighth constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded Charles R. Train on March 4, 1863 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1869 . These were shaped by the events of the civil war and its consequences. Since 1865, the work of Congress has been overshadowed by tension between Republicans and President Andrew Johnson , which culminated in a narrowly unsuccessful impeachment trial. In 1865 and 1868, the 13th and 14th amendments were ratified.

In 1868 Baldwin waived another congressional candidacy. After his time in the US House of Representatives, he worked again in the newspaper industry. He died on July 8, 1883 in Worcester, where he was also buried.

Web links

• John Denison Baldwin in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John Denison Baldwin in the database of Find a Grave (English)