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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaAbraham BALDWIN
(1754-1807)
Senate Years of Service:
1799-1807Party: Democratic
RepublicanBALDWIN, Abraham,
(half-brother of Henry Baldwin of Pennsylvania), a Delegate, a
Representative, and a Senator from Georgia; born in North Guilford,
Conn., November 22, 1754; moved with his father to New Haven,
Conn., in 1769; attended private schools; graduated from Yale
College in 1772; subsequently studied theology at the college and
was licensed to preach in 1775; served as a tutor in that
institution 1775-1779, when he resigned to enter the Army; chaplain
in the Second Connecticut Brigade, Revolutionary Army, from 1777
until 1783, when the troops disbanded; studied law during his
service in the Army; admitted to the bar in 1783 and practiced at
Fairfield; moved to Augusta, Ga., in 1784 and continued the
practice of law; member of the State house of representatives 1785;
originator of the plan for, and author of, the charter of the
University of Georgia and served as president 1786-1801; member of
the Continental Congress 1785, 1787, and 1788; member of the United
States Constitutional Convention 1787; elected to the First and to
the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1789-March 3, 1799);
elected to the United States Senate in 1799; reelected in 1805 and
served from March 4, 1799, until his death on March 4, 1807; served
as President pro tempore of the Senate during the Seventh Congress;
died in Washington, D.C.; interment in Rock Creek Cemetery.
Bibliography
Dictionary of American Biography; Furlong, Patrick J.
“Abraham Baldwin: A Georgia Yankee as Old-Congress
Man.” Georgia Historical Quarterly 56 (Spring 1972):
51-71; Coulter, E. Merton. Abraham Baldwin: Patriot, Educator,
and Founding Father. Arlington, VA: Vandamere Press, 1987.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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