John F. Baldwin

John F. Baldwin

John Finley Baldwin (born June 28, 1915 in Oakland , California , †  March 9, 1966 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1955 and 1966 he represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Baldwin attended the San Ramon Valley Union High School in Danville and then studied until 1935 at the University of California at Berkeley budget and accounting. Between 1936 and 1941 he was the manager of the South-Western Publishing Co. in San Francisco . During the Second World War he served in the US Army . In 1943 and 1944 he was director of the army's finance school; In 1945 he worked in the Department of Foreign Financial Affairs at the War Ministry . In 1946 he was involved in the currency reform of the Italian lira , for which he was awarded by the Italian government. In the same year he left the army as a lieutenant colonel.

After a subsequent law degree and his admission to the bar in 1950, Baldwin began to work in this profession in Martinez . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . In the 1954 congressional election , Baldwin was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth constituency of California , where he succeeded Robert Condon on January 3, 1955 . After five re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on March 9, 1966 . Since 1963 he represented there as the successor of Harlan Hagen the 14th district of his state. His time in Congress included the Cold War , the civil rights movement and the beginning of the Vietnam War .

Web links

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

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