- Howard M. Baldrige
Howard Malcolm Baldrige or H. Malcolm Baldrige (1894 – 1985) was a
Nebraska Republican politician. He was the son of former Nebraska state senatorHoward Hammond Baldrige (1864–1928) and father ofU.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Malcolm Baldrige (1922–1987) andLetitia Baldrige .He was born in
Omaha, Nebraska , on June 23, 1894, and graduated fromOmaha High School . He attendedPhillips Academy inAndover, Massachusetts , and graduated fromYale University in 1918, where he was a member of [Skull & Bones] and captain of the wrestling team.] {Baldrige, Letitia, A Lady First.} InWorld War I , he served as captain of Battery F, Three Hundred and Thirty-eighth Field Artillery for the United States. In 1921, he graduated fromUniversity of Nebraska, Lincoln College of Law and was admitted to the bar, setting up practice in Omaha.He served in the Nebraska state house of representatives in 1923 and was a delegate to the delegate to the
1924 Republican National Convention and the1928 Republican National Convention . He was elected to theSeventy-second United States Congress as a representative for the second district and served from March 4, 1931, to March 3, 1933. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932. Afterwards, he resumed the practice of law. During theSecond World War , he entered the Army on June 10, 1942, and became a major in theUnited States Army Air Corps . He was discharged as a colonel on October 25, 1945, resuming law practice with offices inNew York City andWashington, D.C. He was a resident ofWashington, Connecticut , until his death on January 19, 1985, inSouthbury, Connecticut . He is buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Omaha.References
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