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Baldwin, Roger S. (Roger Sherman), 1793-1863

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Personal name headingBaldwin, Roger S. (Roger Sherman), 1793-1863
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Variant(s)Baldwin, R. S. (Roger Sherman), 1793-1863
See alsoConnecticut. Governor (1844-1846 : Baldwin)
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Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1793-01-04
Death date1863-02-19
Place of birthNew Haven (Conn.)
Place of deathNew Haven (Conn.)
Field of activityPolitics and government
AffiliationConnecticut. Governor Connecticut. General Assembly. Senate United States. Congress. Senate
Profession or occupationGovernors Legislators--United States Lawyers Politicians
Found inHis Argument of ... of New Haven, 1841: title page (Roger S. Baldwin)
Opinion of the Hon. R.S. Baldwin, late governor of Connecticut and U.S. senator, 1856: title page (R.S. Baldwin)
Wikipedia, viewed December 14, 2017 (Roger Sherman Baldwin,; born January 4, 1793 in New Haven, Connecticut; died February 19, 1863 in New Haven, Connecticut; an American politician who served as the 32nd Governor of Connecticut from May 1, 1844 to May 6, 1846, and a United States Senator from November 11, 1847 to March 4, 1851. As a lawyer, his career was most notable for his participation in the 1841 Amistad case; served as a member of the Connecticut Senate from 1837-1838)
Who was Who in America, historical volume 1607-1896: page 106 (Baldwin, Roger Sherman, senator, gov. Conn; b. New Haven, Conn. Jan. 4, 1793; grad. Yale, 1811, LL.D. (hon.), 1845; admitted to Conn. bar, 1814; mem. Conn. Senate, 1837-38; noted for defense and securement of liberty (in assn. with John Quincy Adams) for mutinied slaves on the Cuban-owned ship Amistad, 1839; mem. Conn. Gen Assembly 1840-41; gov. Conn., 1844-46; mem. U.S. Senate from Conn., 1847-51; died New Haven, Feb. 19, 1863)
Associated languageeng
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