Raymond E. Baldwin

Raymond E. Baldwin
Raymond E. Baldwin
	Wilbert Snow
Preceded by	Robert A. Hurley
Succeeded by	Wilbert Snow
	In office; January 4, 1939 – January 8, 1941
Lieutenant	James L. McConaughy
Preceded by	Wilbur Lucius Cross
Succeeded by	Robert A. Hurley
Majority Leader of the Connecticut House of Representatives
	In office; 1933
Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
	In office; 1931-1933
Personal details
Born	Raymond Earl Baldwin; August 31, 1893; Rye, New York, U.S.
Died	October 4, 1986 (aged 93); Fairfield, Connecticut, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Edith Lindholm (m. 1922; died 1970)
Children	3
Education	LL.B.)
Profession	lawyer, politician, judge
Military service
Branch/service	United States Navy
Years of service	1918–1919
Rank	Lieutenant (junior grade)
Battles/wars	World War I

Raymond Earl Baldwin (August 31, 1893 – October 4, 1986) was an American politician who served as a

Malmedy Massacre. Exhausted by the highly publicized controversy, Baldwin resigned from the Senate in December 1949 to become a state judge.^[1]

Early life

Baldwin was born in 1893 in

lieutenant (j.g.) in September 1918. He resigned from the Navy in August 1919 and returned to Yale Law School, graduating in 1921. He was admitted to the bar in 1921 and practiced in New Haven and Bridgeport. He married Edith Lindholm on June 29, 1922, and they had three sons.^[2]

Career

Baldwin was prosecutor of the Stratford Town Court from 1927 to 1930, and was judge of that court from 1931 to 1933. He was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1931 to 1933, serving as majority leader in 1933. He resumed the practice of law from 1933 to 1938, and was town chairman of Stratford from 1935 to 1937.

Baldwin was Governor of Connecticut in 1939 and 1940, and the first governor to use the Governor's Mansion located on Prospect Avenue in Hartford.

Charles McNary instead, and Baldwin graciously stepped aside from contention. He was also a delegate in 1944 and 1948.^[4]

Again elected Governor in 1942 and 1944, Baldwin served until his resignation on December 27, 1946. During his tenure, he eliminated the state deficit without raising taxes; initiated a job-training program; created an inter-racial commission, and reformed the minor court system. Also instituted were a Connecticut Veterans Advisory and Reemployment Commission; and a labor management council.[5] He was elected United States Senator as a Republican on November 5, 1946, to fill the vacancy in the term ending January 3, 1947, caused by the death of Francis T. Maloney. At the same time he was elected for the term commencing January 3, 1947, and served from December 27, 1946, until his resignation on December 16, 1949.^[6]

From 1949 to 1959 Baldwin was an

Supreme Court of Connecticut

); was appointed chief justice in 1959 and served until his retirement in 1963. He was chairman of the Connecticut Constitutional Convention in 1965.

Death

Baldwin died in Fairfield, Connecticut, on October 4, 1986, and is interred at Indian Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Connecticut.

A member of the Connecticut State Library Committee and its successor, the State Library Board, from 1957 to 1982; Baldwin served as its chair for many years. In tribute to his service, the board renamed the State Library's museum the Raymond E. Baldwin Museum of Connecticut History in 1983. The Raymond E. Baldwin Bridge that carries the Connecticut Turnpike (I-95) across the Connecticut River is also named for him. The Middlesex Judicial District courthouse in Middletown, as well as the Baldwin Center, a senior citizens center in Stratford, are named in his honor.

References

^ Eleonora W. Schoenebaum, ed. Political Profiles: The Truman Years (1978) pp 18-19
^ "Raymond E. Baldwin". NNDB Soylent Communications. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
^ "Raymond E. Baldwin". Connecticut State Library. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
^ "Raymond E. Baldwin". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
^ "Raymond E. Baldwin". National Governors Association. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
^ "Raymond E. Baldwin". Govtrack US Congress. Retrieved 16 December 2012.

External links

United States Congress. "Raymond E. Baldwin (id: B000095)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Political offices
Preceded by Wilbur Lucius Cross	Governor of Connecticut 1939–1941	Succeeded by Robert A. Hurley
Preceded by Robert A. Hurley	Governor of Connecticut 1943–1946	Succeeded by Wilbert Snow
U.S. Senate
Preceded by Thomas Hart	U.S. senator (Class 1) from Connecticut December 27, 1946 – December 16, 1949 Served alongside: Brien McMahon	Succeeded by William Benton
Party political offices
Preceded by Arthur M. Brown	Governor of Connecticut 1938, 1940, 1942, 1944	Succeeded by James L. McConaughy
Preceded by Paul L. Cornell	1946	Succeeded by Prescott Bush

[1] Eleonora W. Schoenebaum, ed. Political Profiles: The Truman Years (1978) pp 18-19

[2] "Raymond E. Baldwin". NNDB Soylent Communications. Retrieved 16 December 2012.

[3] "Raymond E. Baldwin". Connecticut State Library. Retrieved 16 December 2012.

[4] "Raymond E. Baldwin". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 16 December 2012.

[5] "Raymond E. Baldwin". National Governors Association. Retrieved 16 December 2012.

[6] "Raymond E. Baldwin". Govtrack US Congress. Retrieved 16 December 2012.

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v t e United States senators from Connecticut
Class 1	Ellsworth Hillhouse Dana Boardman Edwards Foot N. Smith Niles Betts Huntington R. S. Baldwin Toucey Dixon Buckingham Eaton Hawley Bulkeley McLean Walcott Maloney Hart R. E. Baldwin Benton Purtell T. J. Dodd Weicker Lieberman Murphy
Class 3	Johnson Sherman Mitchell Trumbull Tracy Goodrich Daggett Lanman Willey Tomlinson P. Smith Niles T. Smith Gillette Foster Ferry English Barnum Platt Brandegee Bingham Lonergan Danaher McMahon Purtell Bush Ribicoff C. Dodd Blumenthal

Authority control databases
International	FAST VIAF WorldCat
National	Germany United States
People	US Congress
Other	SNAC

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