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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | Raymond E. Baldwin |
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Stratford, Connecticut , United States |
| Email | None |
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August 31, 1893
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| Died | October 04, 1986
(93 years)
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| Contributor | Wishful Thinking |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | BALDWIN, Raymond Earl, a Senator from Connecticut; born in Rye, Westchester County, N.Y., August 31, 1893; moved to Middletown, Conn., in 1903 and attended the public schools; graduated, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., 1916; entered Yale University in 1916 but, when war was declared, enlisted as a seaman in the United States Navy; assigned to officers’ training school, commissioned an ensign in February 1918, and promoted to lieutenant (jg.) in September 1918; resigned from the Navy in August 1919 and returned to Yale University Law School, graduating in 1921; admitted to the bar in 1921 and practiced in New Haven and Bridgeport, Conn.; prosecutor of Stratford Town Court 1927-1930; judge of Stratford Town Court 1931-1933; member of the State house of representatives 1931-1933, serving as majority leader in 1933; resumed the practice of law 1933-1938; town chairman of Stratford, Conn. 1935-1937
Governor (R-CT) 1939-1940; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1940
Governor (R-CT) 1943-1946 (resigned on 12/25/1946).
US Senator (R-CT) 1946-1949. Elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Francis T. Maloney. Resigned on 12/16/1949.
Associate justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors; appointed chief justice in 1959 and served until his retirement in 1963; chairman, Connecticut Constitutional Convention 1965; died in Fairfield, Conn., October 4, 1986; interment in Indian Hill Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.
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