Phineas Baldwin
{{Short description|American politician (1824–1901)}}
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Phineas Baldwin (December 4, 1824 – April 25, 1901) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Biography
Baldwin was born on December 4, 1824, in Orford, Canada West.{{cite book|title=The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin|edition=16th|location=Madison, Wis.|year=1877|pages=458–459}} 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. He died at his home in Brooklyn, Wisconsin, in 1901.{{cite news|title=Phineas Baldwin (Obituary) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34143404/phineas_baldwin_18241901/ |newspaper=Wisconsin State Journal |date=April 26, 1901 |page=8 |via = Newspapers.com |accessdate = July 23, 2019}} {{Open access}}
Political career
Baldwin was a member of the Assembly during the 1872 and 1877 sessions.{{cite book|editor=Lawrence S. Barish|year=2007|title=State of Wisconsin Blue Book 2007–2008|page=121}} In 1873 he was the Republican candidate for the Senate's 26th District, losing to incumbent Romanzo E. Davis (a former Republican who had become a Liberal Republican. 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.{{cite book|title=Biographical Review of Dane County, Wisconsin|url=https://archive.org/details/biographicalrevi01biog|location=Chicago|publisher=Biographical Review Publish Co.|year=1893|pages=[https://archive.org/details/biographicalrevi01biog/page/384 384]–385}}
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External links
- {{Find a Grave|31078609}}
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