Baldwin, Abraham, 1754-1807

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<li>11/04/1804 GA US Senate Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>10/17/1803 President Pro Tempore Lost 6.90% (-75.86%)</li>
<li>12/07/1801 President Pro Tempore Won 58.82% (+17.65%)</li>
<li>10/06/1800 GA At-Large Lost 0.01% (-47.82%)</li>
<li>11/04/1798 GA US Senate Won 53.16% (+6.33%)</li>
<li>10/08/1798 GA At-Large Lost 27.41% (-9.87%)</li>
<li>11/07/1796 GA At-Large Won 35.79% (+2.67%)</li>
<li>10/06/1794 GA-At Large Won 19.12% (+0.00%)</li>
<li>12/02/1793 US Speaker of the House Lost 16.09% (-26.44%)</li>
<li>10/01/1792 GA At-Large Won 44.54% (+15.06%)</li>
<li>01/03/1791 GA At-Large Middle District Won 56.22% (+13.97%)</li>
<li>02/09/1789 GA At-Large Middle District Won 69.19% (+53.98%)</li>
<li>12/31/1787 GA Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>12/31/1786 GA Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
<li>12/31/1784 GA Continental Congress Won 100.00% (+100.00%)</li>
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BALDWIN, Abraham, (half brother of Henry Baldwin), a Delegate, a Representative, and a Senator from Georgia; born in North Guilford, Conn., November 22, 1754; moved with his father to New Haven, Conn., in 1769; attended private schools; graduated from Yale College in 1772; subsequently studied theology at the college and was licensed to preach in 1775; served as a tutor in that institution 1775-1779, when he resigned to enter the Army; chaplain in the Second Connecticut Brigade, Revolutionary Army, from 1777 until 1783, when the troops disbanded; studied law during his service in the Army; admitted to the bar in 1783 and practiced at Fairfield; moved to Augusta, Ga., in 1784 and continued the practice of law; member of the State house of representatives 1785; originator of the plan for, and author of, the charter of the University of Georgia and served as president 1786-1801; member of the Continental Congress 1785, 1787, and 1788; delegate to the Federal Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 and one of the signers of the Constitution; elected to the First and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1789-March 3, 1799); elected to the United States Senate in 1799; reelected in 1805 and served from March 4, 1799, until his death on March 4, 1807; served as President pro tempore of the Senate during the Seventh Congress; died in Washington, D.C.; interment in Rock Creek Cemetery.

<p>Abraham Baldwin (November 22, 1754 – March 4, 1807) was an American minister, Patriot, politician, and Founding Father who signed the United States Constitution. Born and raised in Connecticut, he was a 1772 graduate of Yale College. After the Revolutionary War, Baldwin became a lawyer. He moved to the U.S. state of Georgia in the mid-1780s and founded the University of Georgia. Baldwin was a member of Society of the Cincinnati.</p>

<p>Abraham Baldwin was born in 1754 in Guilford in the Connecticut Colony into a large family, the son of Lucy (Dudley) and Michael Baldwin, a blacksmith, and descended from Elder John Strong. His half-brother, Henry Baldwin, was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. After attending Guilford Grammar School, Abraham Baldwin attended Yale College in nearby New Haven, Connecticut, where he was a member of the Linonian Society. He graduated in 1772.</p>

<p>Three years later after theological study, he was licensed as a Congregationalist minister. He also served as a tutor at the college. He held that position until 1779. During the American Revolutionary War, he served as a chaplain in the Connecticut Contingent of the Continental Army. He did not see combat while with the Continental troops. Two years later at the conclusion of the war, Baldwin declined an offer from Yale's new president, Ezra Stiles, to become Professor of Divinity. Instead, he turned to the study of law and in 1783 was admitted to the Connecticut bar.</p>