Background
Olin, Abram Baldwin was born on September 21, 1808 in Shaftsbury, Vermont, United States. Son of Gideon Olin.
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Olin, Abram Baldwin was born on September 21, 1808 in Shaftsbury, Vermont, United States. Son of Gideon Olin.
Olin attended the common schools, and graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1835. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1838.
He subsequently served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia from 1863 to 1879. He commenced practice in Troy, New York, and served as recorder of the city of Troy 1844-1852. Olin was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth, Thirty-Sixth, and Thirty-Seventh Congresses (March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1863).
On March 10, 1863, Olin was nominated by President Abraham Lincoln to a new seat as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (now the United States District Court for the District of Columbia) created by 12 Statistics
762. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 11, 1863, and received his commission the same day. He voluntarily retired on January 13, 1879.
He died near Sligo, Maryland, July 7, 1879. He was interred in the Danforth family lot adjacent to West Lawn Cemetery, Williamstown, Massachusetts.
Member United States House of Representatives (Republican) from New York, 35th-37th congresses, 1857-1863.