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Baldwin, Joseph Glover
BALDWIN, JOSEPH GLOVERJoseph Glover Baldwin achieved prominence as a jurist and author despite his lack of formal education. Baldwin was born in January, 1815, near Winchester, Virginia. After establishing a legal practice in 1836 in DeKalb, Mississippi, he relocated to Alabama and entered the legislature of the state in 1844, serving for five years. In 1854 Baldwin moved again, this time to San Francisco. He maintained a successful practice and was involved in the formulation of the judicial system of San Francisco. He officially entered the judiciary in 1858, presiding as associate justice of the California Supreme Court until 1862. As an author, Baldwin is famous for The Flush Times of Alabama and Mississippi (1853) and Party Leaders (1855). He died September 30, 1864, in San Francisco, California. |
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"Baldwin, Joseph Glover." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Baldwin, Joseph Glover." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437700447.html "Baldwin, Joseph Glover." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437700447.html |
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Baldwin, Joseph Glover
Baldwin, Joseph Glover (1815–64), jurist of the Old Southwest, lived in Alabama and Mississippi during the 1830s and '40s, when speculation was rampant, politics turbulent, and law undefined. Later he settled in California, but his earlier surroundings are described in The Flush Times of Alabama and Mississippi (1853), a volume of sketches composed at leisure moments. He also wrote Party Leaders (1855), serious studies of Jefferson, Hamilton, Jackson, Clay, and Randolph.
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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Baldwin, Joseph Glover." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Baldwin, Joseph Glover." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-BaldwinJosephGlover.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Baldwin, Joseph Glover." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-BaldwinJosephGlover.html |
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