John_R._Baldwin

John R. Baldwin

John R. Baldwin

American politician

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John Richard Baldwin (May 10, 1854 – May 1, 1897) was a Massachusetts politician who served in the Massachusetts State Senate and as the 20th Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts.

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Early life and career

Baldwin was born in Lynn, Massachusetts on May 10, 1854.[4] Baldwin attended the Lynn public schools[2] and Harvard College graduating in 1877. Baldwin was admitted as to the Massachusetts Bar in 1880.[4] From 1880 on[2] Baldwin practiced law in Lynn, first under the firm name of Baldwin & Baker, and, after dissolving that partnership in 1885, he worked as a solo legal practitioner.[4]

On December 27, 1883, Baldwin married Elizabeth A. Merritt, the couple had three daughters Helen Elizabeth Baldwin, Esther Merritt Baldwin, and Mary Converse Baldwin; and two sons, John R. Baldwin, Jr., and Richard Burrill Baldwin.[4]

Public service

In 1879 Baldwin was elected to the Lynn School Committee,[4] and he was re-elected in 1882.[4] Baldwin served on the School Committee for six years and was its chairman from 1881 to 1882.[2][4]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Hurd, Duane Hamilton (1888), History of Essex County, Massachusetts: with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Volume 1, Issue 1, Philadelphia, PA: J. W. Lewis & CO., p. 261
  2. [2]
    Hobbs, Clarence W. (1886), Lynn and surroundings, Lynn, Mass: Lewis & Winship, p. 146
  3. [3]
    General Court of Massachusetts (1884), Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court of Massachusetts in the Year 1884, Boston, Mass: Secretary of the Commonwealth, p. 475
  4. [4]
    Russell, William E. (1890), Harvard College Class of 1877 Secretary's Report, No. IV, Cambridge, Ma: Harvard College; printed at the Riverside Press, p. 6
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