Baldwin, Abraham (1754–1807)
BALDWIN, ABRAHAM (1754–1807)
Abraham Baldwin represented Georgia at the constitutional convention of 1787 and signed the Constitution. He served on the Committee on Representation, and, although personally opposed to equal representation of states in the senate, the Connecticut-born Baldwin played a key role in securing the great compromise. He later spent eighteen years in Congress.
Dennis J. Mahoney
(1986)
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