Thomas J. Baldrige
{{short description|American judge}}
{{Infobox Judge
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Thomas Jackson Baldrige
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| image = Thomas Jackson Baldrige, 1872-1964.jpg
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| caption = 1945, official photograph
| office = President Judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania
| termstart = January 17, 1945
| termend = March 1, 1947
| nominator =
| appointer =
| predecessor = William H. Keller
| successor = Chester H. Rhodes
| office2 = Associate Judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania
| termstart2 = January 28, 1929
| termend2 = January 17, 1945
| order3 =
| office3 = Attorney General of Pennsylvania
| termstart3 = January 18, 1927
| termend3 = January 28, 1929
| governor3 = John Stuchell Fisher
| predecessor3 = George Washington Woodruff
| successor3 = Cyrus Woods
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1872|04|05}}
| birth_place = Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1964|01|27|1872|04|05}}
| death_place = Altoona, Pennsylvania
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| party = Republican
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| spouse = Anna P. Dean
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| alma_mater = Bucknell University
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}}
Thomas Jackson Baldrige (April 5, 1872{{snd}}January 27, 1964{{sfn|Herald|1964|p=1}}) was a Pennsylvania lawyer and judge. He served part of a term as state Attorney General, and then on the state's Superior Court for over twenty years, the last two as President Judge.
Life and career
Baldrige was born the son of Howard Malcolm and Laura Mattern Baldrige. His father was a prominent Blair County lawyer. Baldrige attended Phillips Academy, Bucknell University, and the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He read law with his father, and was admitted to the Blair County bar in 1895.{{sfn|Sell|1911|p=110}}{{sfn|Gardner|1945|p=727}}
He married Anna P. Dean in 1917.{{sfn|Eastman|1922|p=206}}
In 1910, he was appointed President Judge of the Blair County counts, and then elected for two ten-year terms. In 1927, he resigned to become state Attorney General. In 1929, he was appointed to the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, then elected later in 1929 and again in 1939 to ten-year terms. In 1945, he was commissioned President Judge of the court, and then resigned in 1947, due to hearing.{{sfn|Herald|1964|p=1}}
Notable relatives
His father's older brother was Howard Hammond Baldrige, a Nebraska state senator,{{sfn|Watkins|1913|p=513}} Howard Hammond was the father of Howard Malcolm, a Nebraska congressman. Howard Malcolm was the father of Howard Malcolm, Jr., and Letitia, Jacqueline Kennedy's Social Secretary.
References
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Further reading
- {{cite book|title=Courts and Lawyers of Pennsylvania: A History, 1623–1923|volume=4|first=Frank Marshall|last=Eastman|publisher=American historical society, Incorporated|location=New York|year=1922|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kfwLAAAAYAAJ&q=thomas+jackson+baldridge&pg=PA205}}
- {{cite book|title=The Pennsylvania Manual|volume=87|editor-first=Braton R.|editor-last=Gardner|publisher=Commonwealth of Pennsylvania|year=1945}}
- {{cite book|title=Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens|first=Jesse C.|last=Sell|location=Chicago|publisher=Richmond-Arnold Publishing|year=1911|url=https://archive.org/details/twentiethcentury00sell|page=[https://archive.org/details/twentiethcentury00sell/page/n123 110]|quote=thomas jackson baldrige.}}
- {{cite book|title=History of Nebraska|volume=3|first=Albert|last=Watkins|publisher=Western Publishing and Engraving Company|location=Lincoln|year=1913|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-WJKAAAAYAAJ&q=%22howard+malcolm+baldrige%22&pg=PA513}}
- {{cite news|title=County's Ex-Judge Baldrige, 91, Dies|work=Tyrone Daily Herald|date=January 28, 1964|page=1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/search/#lnd=1&query=%22thomas+j+baldrige%22&dr_year=1960-1965&t=272 |ref={{sfnref|Herald|1964}}}}
External links
- {{cite web|website=www.pacourts.us|publisher=The Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania|title=Historical List of Superior Court Judges|url=http://www.pacourts.us/learn/history/historical-list-of-superior-court-judges/|access-date=2015-06-03}}
- {{cite web|website=www.findagrave.com|publisher=Find A Grave|title=Judge Thomas Jackson Baldrige|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=42371867&PIpi=46763446}}
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{{s-bef|before=George Washington Woodruff}}
{{s-ttl|title=Attorney General of Pennsylvania|years=1927-1929}}
{{s-aft|after=Cyrus Woods}}
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Category:People from Blair County, Pennsylvania
Category:Phillips Academy alumni
Category:Bucknell University alumni
Category:University of Pennsylvania Law School alumni
Category:Pennsylvania attorneys general