Background
Baldwin, Henry De Forest was born on November 7, 1862 in Clinton, Iowa, United States. Son of Simeon and Mary Sarah (Marvin) Baldwin.
Baldwin, Henry De Forest was born on November 7, 1862 in Clinton, Iowa, United States. Son of Simeon and Mary Sarah (Marvin) Baldwin.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1885. Bachelor of Laws, Columbia, 1887. Graduate work Berlin and Heidelberg Universities, 1887-1888.
Admitted to New York state bar, 1887, and practiced New York City since 1888. Assistant Corporation counsel New York City, 1895-1898. Member firm Lord, Day & Lord since 1900.
President Queens Company Water Company, 1908-1925.
Member of committee Police Problem, 1905-1908. Member New York City bar association (member Executive Committee, 1913-1915, vice president, 1932-1933), Council on Foreign Relations Democrat. Clubs: Reform (trustee-secretary, 1889-1897), Century treasurer, 1916-1944), University, Coffee House, Down Town Association, Cruising.
Married Jessie Pinney, September 4, 1890 (died January 30, 1932). Children: Dorothea (Mistress Parker McCollester), Marian (Mistress Perry Dunlap Smith), Sherman, Eleanor de Forest.