Abraham Baldwin
| Abraham Baldwin | |
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| President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate | |
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In office December 7, 1801 – December 13, 1802 |
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| Preceded by | James Hillhouse |
| Succeeded by | Stephen R. Bradley |
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United States Senator from Georgia |
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In office March 4, 1799 – March 4, 1807 |
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| Preceded by | Josiah Tattnall |
| Succeeded by | George Jones |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's at-large district |
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In office March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1799 |
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| Preceded by | district created |
| Succeeded by | James Jones |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 2nd district |
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In office March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793 |
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| Preceded by | district created |
| Succeeded by | Converted to at-large districts |
| President of the University of Georgia | |
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In office 1785–1801 |
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| Preceded by | none |
| Succeeded by | Josiah Meigs |
| Delegate from Georgia to the Congress of the Confederation | |
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In office 1785 – 85, 1787–88 |
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| Personal details | |
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November 22, 1754 Guilford, Connecticut |
| Died | March 4, 1807 (aged 52) Washington, D.C. |
| Resting place | Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
Abraham Baldwin (November 22, 1754 – March 4, 1807) was an American minister, Patriot, politician, and Founding Father. Born and raised in Connecticut, he was a graduate of Yale University Divinity School, after the Revolutionary War Baldwin became a lawyer. He moved to the U.S. state of Georgia in the mid-1780s to work under the governor and develop its educational system. Baldwin is noted as the developer and founding president of the University of Georgia (1785-1801), the first state-chartered public institution of higher education in the United States.
After serving in the state Assembly, Baldwin was elected as a Georgia representative in the Continental Congress and one of two signatories from Georgia of the United States Constitution. He served in the United States House of Representatives for five terms and in the Senate from 1799 until his death in office in Washington, DC.
Abraham Baldwin was born in 1754 in Guilford, Connecticut into a large family. His father was a blacksmith. His half-brother, Henry Baldwin, was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. After attending a local village school, Abraham Baldwin attended Yale University in nearby New Haven, Connecticut, where he was a member of the Linonian Society. He graduated in 1772.
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