Phineas Baldwin


Phineas Baldwin was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Biography

Baldwin was born on December 4, 1824 in Orford, Canada West. In 1846, he married Mehitable Young. She died in 1853. Baldwin arrived in Dane County, Wisconsin in 1854, where he became a farmer. The following year, he married Eliza M. Montgomery. He died at his home in Brooklyn, Wisconsin in 1901.

Political career

Baldwin was a member of the Assembly during the 1872 and 1877 sessions. In 1874, he had been an unsuccessful candidate, losing to incumbent Michael Johnson. Other positions Baldwin held include chairman and member of the Town Board of Oregon, Wisconsin, alderman of Madison, Wisconsin, member and Chairman of the Dane County Board of Supervisors and Sheriff of Dane County. He was a Republican.