Sumner Baldwin
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Sumner Baldwin (March 8, 1833 in Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York – January 26, 1903) was an American merchant, banker and politician from New York State.
Life
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In 1856, he removed to Wellsville, and became a partner in his brother's grocery store. In 1866, the brothers sold the store, and engaged in tanning instead. In 1869, they sold the tanning plant, and opened the Bank of Wellsville.
In politics, he was a Republican. He was Supervisor of the Town of Wellsville for seven years.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Allegany Co.) in 1876 and 1877.
He was a member of the New York State Senate (27th D.) in 1882 and 1883.
Sources
- [https://archive.org/stream/civillistandcon00unkngoog#page/n335/mode/1up Civil List and Constitutional History of the Colony and State of New York] compiled by Edgar Albert Werner (1884; pg. 291 and 375f)
- [http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/indiana-university-of-pennsylvania/the-evening-journal--almanac-volume-1883-nsl/page-30-the-evening-journal--almanac-volume-1883-nsl.shtml Sketches of the Members of the Legislatures] in The Evening Journal Almanac (1883)
- [http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/john-stearns-minard/allegany-county-and-its-people-ani/page-48-allegany-county-and-its-people-ani.shtml Allegany County and Its People] by John Stearns Minard (e-book)
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{{succession box | before = Orrin T. Stacy | title = New York State Assembly
Allegany County | years = 1876–1877 | after = Hiram H. Wakely}}
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{{succession box | before = Ira Davenport | title = New York State Senate
27th District | years = 1882–1883 | after = J. Sloat Fassett}}
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Category:Republican Party New York (state) state senators
Category:People from Wellsville, New York
Category:Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly
Category:Town supervisors in New York (state)
Category:Politicians from Ithaca, New York
Category:19th-century American businesspeople
Category:19th-century members of the New York State Legislature
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