Augustus Carpenter Baldwin (December 24, 1817 – January 21, 1903) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Events 563 - The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by Earthquakes Year 1817 ( MDCCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government Michigan ( is a Midwestern state of the United States of America.
Baldwin was born in Salina (now Syracuse, New York) and attended the public schools. Syracuse (locally ˈsɛrəkjuːs sometimes ˈsɪrəkjuːs or /ˈsɪərəkjuːs/ by non-natives is a city in Central New York, USA. He moved to Oakland County, Michigan, in 1837 and taught school. Oakland County is a county in the US state of Michigan. As of 2007, the population was estimated at 1206089 He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1842 and commenced practice in Milford, Michigan. Law is a system of rules enforced through a set of Institutions used as an instrument to underpin civil obedience politics economics and society A bar association is a Professional body of Lawyers Some bar associations are responsible for the regulation of the legal profession in their Jurisdiction Milford is a Village in Oakland County in the US state of Michigan. He was a member of the Michigan State House of Representatives 1844-1846, serving as Speaker in 1846. The Michigan House of Representatives is the lower body of the Michigan Legislature.
He moved to Pontiac, Michigan, in March 1849 and was prosecuting attorney for Oakland County in 1853 and 1854. Pontiac is a city in the US state of Michigan named after the Ottawa Chief Pontiac. The prosecutor is the chief legal representative of the prosecution in countries with either the Common law Adversarial system, or the civil law He was a delegate to the 1860 Democratic National Conventions at Charleston and Baltimore. The 1860 Democratic National Convention was one of the main events prior to the American Civil War. Charleston is a city in Charleston county in the US state of South Carolina.
Baldwin was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives for the 38th Congress, serving from March 4, 1863 to March 3, 1865, becoming the first person to represent Michigan's 5th congressional district. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. The Thirty-eighth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government consisting of the United States Senate and Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Michigan's 5th congressional district is a United States Congressional district in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. He unsuccessfully contested the election of Rowland E. Trowbridge to the 39th Congress. Rowland Ebenezer Trowbridge ( June 18, 1821 - April 20, 1881) was a politician from the U The Thirty-ninth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government consisting of the United States Senate and He was a delegate to 1864 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, and to the 1866 National Union Convention at Philadelphia. The 1864 Democratic National Convention was held at The Amphitheatre in Chicago Illinois. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The National Union Convention (also known as the Loyalist Convention, the Southern Loyalist Convention, or the National Loyalists' Loyal Union Convention Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə
He was a member of the Pontiac School Board, 1868-1886, mayor of Pontiac in 1874, judge of the sixth judicial circuit court of Michigan from 1875 until April 15, 1880, when he resigned and resumed the practice of law. Circuit court is the name of court systems in several Common law jurisdictions Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year He was a member of the board of trustees of the Eastern Michigan Asylum. Trustee is a Legal term that refers to a holder of property on behalf of a beneficiary.
Baldwin died in Pontiac, aged 85,and was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery there.
References
- Augustus C. Baldwin at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- The Political Graveyard
- Lanman, Charles [1871] (2005). The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress is a Biographical dictionary of all present and former members of the United States Congress as "Biographical History of Michigan", The red book of Michigan; a civil, military and biographical history. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan Library, p. 419. Retrieved on 2007-04-14. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in
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United States Representative for the 5th Congressional District of Michigan 1863 – 1865 |
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