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Henry Alexander Baldwin

Henry Alexander Baldwin
Henry Alexander Baldwin (vol. 2, 1921).jpg
Known as "Harry Baldwin"
Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from Hawaii Territory's At-large district
In office
March 25, 1922 – March 3, 1923
Preceded by Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole
Succeeded by William P. Jarrett
Personal details
Born (1871-01-12)January 12, 1871
Maui, Kingdom of Hawaii
Died October 8, 1946(1946-10-08) (aged 75)
ʻia, Maui, Territory of Hawaii
Political party Hawaii Republican Party
Spouse(s) Ethel Frances Smith
Children Frances Hobron Baldwin

Henry Alexander Baldwin or Harry Alexander Baldwin (January 12, 1871 – October 8, 1946) was a sugarcane plantation manager, and politician who served as Congressional Delegate to the United States House of Representatives representing the Territory of Hawaii. He was one of the earliest leaders of the Hawaii Republican Party.

Alexander & Baldwin, one of the "Big Five" corporations that dominated Hawaii economics in the early twentieth century, was started by his father Henry Perrine Baldwin and uncle Samuel Thomas Alexander in 1869. His father was son of early missionary Dwight Baldwin, and his mother Emily Whitney Alexander was daughter of early missionary William P. Alexander. Born January 12, 1871 on the Baldwin house at the Paliuli sugar mill in the Kingdom of Hawaii on the island of Maui, between the towns of ʻia and Makawao, Hawaii. Baldwin was educated in Honolulu at Punahou School. His parents sent him to Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts from which he graduated in 1889. In 1894, Baldwin obtained a degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity.


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