Back إبراهام بالدوين Arabic ابراهام بالدوين ARZ آبراهام بالدوین AZB Abraham Baldwin German Abraham Baldwin Spanish آبراهام بالدوین Persian Abraham Baldwin Finnish Abraham Baldwin French Abraham Baldwin Hungarian Abraham Baldwin ID
Abraham Baldwin | |
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| President pro tempore of the United States Senate | |
| In office December 8, 1801 – December 13, 1802 | |
| Preceded by | James Hillhouse |
| Succeeded by | Stephen R. Bradley |
| United States Senator from Georgia | |
| In office March 4, 1799 – March 4, 1807 | |
| Preceded by | Josiah Tattnall (politician) |
| Succeeded by | George Jones |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's at-large district | |
| In office March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1799 | |
| Preceded by | district created |
| Succeeded by | James Jones |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 2nd district | |
| In office March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793 | |
| Preceded by | district created |
| Succeeded by | Converted to at-large districts |
| President of the University of Georgia | |
| In office 1785–1801 | |
| Preceded by | None; post established |
| Succeeded by | Josiah Meigs |
| Delegate from Georgia to the Congress of the Confederation | |
| In office 1785 – 85, 1787–88 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 22, 1754 Guilford, Connecticut Colony, British America |
| Died | March 4, 1807 (aged 52) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Resting place | Rock Creek Cemetery Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Alma mater | Yale College |
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.[1][2][3]
Baldwin served as a United States Senator from Georgia from 1799 to 1807. During his tenure, he served as President pro tempore of the United States Senate from 1801 to 1802.
- ^ Metcalf, Bryce. Original Members and Other Officers Eligible to the Society of the Cincinnati, 1783–1938: With the Institution, Rules of Admission, and Lists of the Officers of the General and State Societies (Strasburg, Va.: Shenandoah Publishing House, Inc., 1938), p. 41.
- ^ "Officers Represented in the Society of the Cincinnati". Archived from the original on April 13, 2021.
- ^ Aimone, Alan Conrad (2005). "New York State Society of the Cincinnati: Biographies of Original Members and Other Continental Officers (review)". The Journal of Military History. 69 (1): 231–232. doi:10.1353/jmh.2005.0002. ISSN 1543-7795. S2CID 162248285.