Frederick W. Baldwin was a Vermont attorney, businessman, historian, author and politician who served as President of the Vermont State Senate.
Background
Frederick Wilton Baldwin was born in Lowell, Vermont on September 29, 1848. He was the son of Asa and Roselinda Baldwin, and the Baldwins were a family of English origin which had settled in Billerica, Massachusetts before coming to Cavendish, Vermont and then Lowell.
Education
Frederick Baldwin was educated at Johnson Academy and Montpelier Seminary, studied law with Philip K. Gleed and H. Henry Powers while teaching school, and was admitted to the bar in 1872.
Career
In addition to maintaining a thriving law practice, Baldwin was active in several business ventures, including serving as an officer or director of: The Barton Hotel Company. The Barton Manufacturing Company. The Barton Building Association.
And the Barton Bank and Trust Company.
A Republican, Baldwin served as Assistant Secretary of the Vermont Senate from 1872 to 1873, and Senate Secretary from 1874 to 1879. He was Barton"s Superintendent of Schools from 1873 to 1875 and again in 1877.
Baldwin also served as a Village Trustee for 12 years, and was Orleans County State"s Attorney from 1880 to 1881. He was one of Vermont"s presidential electors in 1892, and was the elector deputized to carry Vermont"s electoral votes to Washington, District of Columbia for the official tally.
In 1900 Baldwin was elected to the Vermont Senate, and was selected as Senate President.
Baldwin was a local historian and published the results of his work, including 1886"s of the Bar of Orleans County, Vermont, 1910"s History of Bank of Orleans, Irasburgh Bank of Orleans, Barton National Bank, Barton Savings Bank, and Barton Savings Bank & Trust Company, and 1910"s The Centennial Celebration of Runaway Pond, Glover, Vermont. Baldwin died in Barton on September 8, 1923. He was buried at Welcome O. Brown Cemetery in Barton.
Baldwin was married three times.
Frederick and Susan Baldwin had one child, a son named Edward Grout Baldwin. Susan Grout Baldwin died in 1876, and Frederick Baldwin"s second wife was Susan M. Hibbard, who died in 1906.
Membership
Baldwin was a member of the Orleans County Republican Committee 1884 to 1892, and was Chairman from 1888 to 1890. In 1896 Baldwin served as Barton"s member of the Vermont House of Representatives.