Baldwin, John N. (1857-1908)

BALDWIN

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John N. Baldwin
July 9, 1857 - Apr 19, 1908

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.5, Council Bluffs)
John N.Baldwin, Attorney, Council Bluffs, was born in Council Bluffs July 9, 1857, where he has since resided. He was educated at the Iowa State University, graduating from the law department in June, 1877. He began the practice of law in Council Bluffs as a member of the firm of Rising, Wright & Baldwin. In 1880, Rising left for Colorado, and the firm then changed to Wright & Baldwin, as it now stands. Mr. Baldwin has achieved remarkable success as an attorney, which, perhaps, is due to his natural ability as an orator, though, as a sharp, shrewd and far-seeing lawyer, he ranks among the old attorneys of his native city. Every succeeding year since he began practicing has found him higher in the estimation of the people, and deeper in the mysteries of law. Future honors may be easily won by him, if the past may be any criterion from which to judge. In December of 1878, he was married to Miss Lilla G. Holeomb, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Submitted by: Debbie Clough G-erischer, 2002.
Publication: HISTORY OF IOWA, 1903
Vol. 4 of 4 - Biographical Sketches of Notable Iowa Men and Women By G. F. Gue ,The Century History Company New York, City
JOHN N. BALDWIN is a native of Council Bluffs, and the son of Judge Caleb Baldwin. He was born July 9, 1857, and received a thorough education in the public schools of his native city. He entered the Law Department of the State University and graduated with high honors at the age of twenty, in the class of 1877. Mr. Baldwin began the practice of his profession in Council Bluffs and has become one of the most successful corporation attorneys west of Chicago. In 1894 Mr. Baldwin was President of the Republican State Convention and delivered an able and eloquent address. He was chosen by the friends of Senator Allison to present his name for President before the National Republican Convention at St. Louis in 1896, by which he became known as a public speaker of unusual ability. In 1890 he was one of the presidential electors at large on the Republican ticket.
Submitted by: Debbie Clough G-erischer, 2002.
Publication: HISTORY OF IOWA, 1903
Vol. 4 of 4 - Biographical Sketches of Notable Iowa Men and Women
By G. F. Gue ,The Century History Company New York, City

(From the 1891 Biographical History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, 279]
JOHN N. BALDWIN was born in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, on the 9th day of July, 1857. His father was the Hon. Caleb Baldwin, whose biography is the first under head of Pottawattamie County. His mother was Jane Baldwin, whose maiden name was Jane Barr.
Mr. Baldwin attended the public schools of Council Bluffs, and in 1873, when sixteen years of age, went to the State University at Iowa City. He was in the collegiate department of this institution three years. In the fall of 1875 he entered the Columbia Law School at Washington, District of Columbia, where he had gone to remain with his father, who at that time was a member of the Court of Commissioners of Alabama Claims. After remaining there one year he again returned to Iowa City and entered the law department there in the fall of 1876, and graduated therefrom with some distinction in June, 1877. He immediately began the practice of law at Council Bluffs, becoming the junior member of the firm of Rising, Wright & Baldwin, the senior members of the firm being A. J. Rising and the Hon. George F. Wright. Mr. Baldwin soon engaged actively in the practice and in a short time became one of the leading members of the bar of Pottawattamie County, Iowa. In 1880 Mr. Rising left the firm and went to Colorado, and the firm of Wright & Baldwin was then organized, and continued until 1889, when the two sons of Mr. Wright were taken into the firm.
Mr. Baldwin was married in December, 1878, to Miss Lilla G. Holcom, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. They have two children, a girl named Genevieve, and a boy named John N., Jr.