Raymond E. Baldwin
| Raymond E. Baldwin | |
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| 72nd & 74th Governor of Connecticut | |
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In office January 4, 1939 – January 8, 1941 January 6, 1943 – December 27, 1946 |
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| Lieutenant |
James L. McConaughy William L. Hadden Wilbert Snow |
| Preceded by |
Wilbur Lucius Cross (1939) Robert A. Hurley (1943) |
| Succeeded by | Robert A. Hurley (1941) Wilbert Snow (1946) |
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United States Senator from Connecticut |
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In office December 27, 1946 – December 16, 1949 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas C. Hart |
| Succeeded by | William Benton |
| Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives | |
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In office 1931-1933 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
Raymond Earl Baldwin August 31, 1893 Rye, New York |
| Died | October 4, 1986 (aged 93) Fairfield, Connecticut |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Edith Lindholm Baldwin |
| Children |
Lucian Earl Baldwin, Raymond Baldwin Jr. |
| Alma mater |
Wesleyan University Yale University |
| Profession | lawyer, politician, judge |
| Religion | Episcopalian |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | United States Navy |
| Years of service | 1918-1919 |
| Rank | Lieutenant (Junior Grade) |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
Lucian Earl Baldwin, Raymond Baldwin Jr.
Raymond Earl Baldwin (August 31, 1893 – October 4, 1986) was a United States Senator, the 72nd and 74th Governor of Connecticut. Baldwin, a conservative Republican, was elected governor of Connecticut in 1938 during a Republican landslide. He promised a balanced budget, government aid to private business, and lower taxes. He sharply cut the state budget, producing a million dollars surplus. He was defeated for reelection in 1940, but was elected governor again in 1942 and 1944. He supervised a complex system of civil defense and statewide services on the homefront during the war. He planned an elaborate program to deal with the postwar reconversion of Connecticut's many warplane and munitions plants. He was elected to the Senate in the Republican landslide of 1946. As a spokesman for the small businesses of America, he compiled a conservative record in favor of less regulation, except for more regulation of labor unions through the Taft-Harley Act. As chairman of a subcommittee of the Armed Services committee, Baldwin engaged in a long-running dispute with Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy, McCarthy alleged that Baldwin was whitewashing a shameful episode in which Army prosecutors in 1944 gained the death penalty for German soldiers accused of massacring Americans at the Malmedy Massacre. Exhausted by the highly publicized controversy, Baldwin resigned from the Senate in December 1949 to become a state judge.
Baldwin was born in 1903 in Rye, New York, the son of Sarah Emily (Tyler) and Lucian Earl Baldwin. He moved to Middletown, Connecticut, and attended public schools. He graduated from Wesleyan University in Middletown in 1916, and entered Yale University. However, upon the declaration of war, he enlisted in the United States Navy. He was assigned to officers' training school and was commissioned an ensign in February 1918, and promoted to lieutenant (j.g.) in September 1918. He resigned from the Navy in August 1919 and returned to Yale Law School, graduating in 1921. He was admitted to the bar in 1921 and practiced in New Haven and Bridgeport. He married Edith Lindholm on June 29, 1922, and they had three sons.
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