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Henry Baldwin

Birth:	Jan. 14, 1780 New Haven New Haven County Connecticut, USA
Death:	Apr. 21, 1844 Philadelphia Philadelphia County Pennsylvania, USA
United States Supreme Court Associate Justice, US Congressman. Elected to represent Pennsylvania’s 14th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1817 until his resignation in 1822. Nominated to the Supreme Court by President Andrew Jackson to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Bushrod Washington and confirmed by Congress in 1830, he served as an Associate Justice until his death in 1844. In 1837 he published the influential work “A General View of the Origin and Nature of the Constitution and Government of the United States". Originally interred in Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, DC, his remains were re-interred in Greendale Cemetery. He was the half-brother of United States Constitution Signer Abraham Baldwin. (bio by: Russ Dodge) Family links: Spouse: Sarah Ellicott Baldwin (1788 - 1866)* *Calculated relationship Search Amazon for Henry Baldwin

Burial: Greendale Cemetery Meadville Crawford County Pennsylvania, USA Plot: Section 5, Lot 146
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