The Biographical Dictionary of America/Baldwin, Henry Porter

BALDWIN, Henry Porter, governor of Michigan, was born at Coventry, R. I., Feb. 22, 1814. He came from Puritan ancestors who early settled in Connecticut. He went to Detroit in 1838; attended the convention that organized the Republican party in 1854; served as state senator, two terms, and was governor of Michigan, 1869-73. He was delegate to the Republican national convention in 1876, and was appointed to the U. S. senate, 1878-81. He died Dec. 31, 1892.