- Harry Streett Baldwin
Harry Streett Baldwin (
August 21 ,1894 –October 19 ,1952 ) was a U.S. Congressman who represented the second congressional district ofMaryland from 1943 to 1947.Born in Baldwin in
Baltimore County, Maryland , Baldwin attended the public schools and theUniversity of Maryland, College Park . He was owner and operator of a largetrucking farm, and served in theMaryland House of Delegates in 1931. He also served on the board of county commissioners from 1934 to 1942, serving as president from 1938-1942.Baldwin was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth and Seventy-ninth Congresses, serving from January 3, 1943 to January 3, 1947. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress, but was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for the Maryland gubernatorial nomination. After his tenure in Congress, he resumed agricultural pursuits, and was again elected to the board of county commissioners in 1950 and was serving as chairman at time of death in
Baltimore, Maryland . He is interred inChestnut Grove Cemetery ofJacksonville, Maryland .References
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