Phineas Baldwin

Phineas Baldwin was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Biography

Baldwin was born on December 4, 1824 in Orford, Canada West.[1] In 1846, he married Mehitable Young. She died in 1853. Baldwin arrived in Dane County, Wisconsin in 1854, where he became a farmer. The following year, he married Eliza M. Montgomery.

Political career

Baldwin was a member of the Assembly during the 1872 and 1877 sessions.[2] In 1874, he had been an unsuccessful candidate, losing to incumbent Michael Johnson. Other positions Baldwin held include chairman (similar to Mayor) and member of the Town Board of Oregon (town), Wisconsin, alderman of Madison, Wisconsin, member and Chairman of the Dane County Board of Supervisors and Sheriff of Dane County. He was a Republican.[3]

References

  1. ↑ THE LEGISLATIVE MANUAL OF THE STATE OF WISCONSIN (16th ed.). Madison, Wis. 1877. pp. 458–459.
  2. ↑ Lawrence S. Barish, ed. (2007). State of Wisconsin Blue Book 2007 – 2008. p. 121.
  3. ↑ BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW OF DANE COUNTY, WISCONSIN. Chicago: Biographical Review Publish Co. 1893. pp. 384–385.
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