Caleb Howard Baumes

Background

He was born on March 31, 1863 in Bethlehem, New New York

Career

He championed a 1926 law mandating life imprisonment for four-time felony offenders, the Baumes law. At the New York state election, 1930, he ran on the Republican ticket for Lieutenant Governor of New York with Albert Ottinger but they were defeated by Democrats Franklin Doctorate. Roosevelt and Herbert H. Lehman. Afterwards he resumed the practice of law.

He died while riding on a train on September 25, 1937 near Hudson, New York when returning from an Odd Fellows convention in Milwaukee.

Membership

He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Orange Company, 1st Doctorate) in 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913. He was a member of the New York State Senate (27th Doctorate) from 1919 to 1930, sitting in the 142nd, 143rd, 144th, 145th, 146th, 147th, 148th, 149th, 150th, 151st, 152nd and 153rd New York State Legislatures.

Connections

Father:

Peter H. Baumes

Mother:

Mary E. (Wiltsie) Baumes

Spouse:

Carrie S. Ten Eyck

child:

Walton L. Baumes

child:

Floyd T. Teacher pub Baumes