- Henry Alexander Baldwin
Henry Alexander Baldwin (
January 12 ,1871 –October 8 ,1946 ) was a Hawaiʻibanker ,industrialist and Congressional Delegate to theUnited States House of Representatives representing the Territory of Hawaiʻi. He was one of the earliest leaders of the Hawaiʻi Republican Party.Education
Born in the
Maui township of Paliuli in theKingdom of Hawaii , Baldwin was educated in Honolulu atPunahou School . His parents sent him toPhillips Academy inAndover, Massachusetts from which he graduated in 1889. In 1894, Baldwin obtained a degree at theMassachusetts Institute of Technology , where he was a member of theChi Phi Fraternity , and returned to Honolulu to become asugarcane plantation owner. Sugarcane production propped by increasing trade with theUnited States made Baldwin a wealthy man.Politics
Baldwin entered local politics in 1931 when he began his service in the Hawaiʻi Territorial Senate. He was
senator until 1921 when he was called to higher office to fulfill the unexpired term of Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole inWashington, DC . Kalanianaʻole had died and Baldwin was elected to fill the vacancy for Congressional Delegate fromMarch 25 ,1922 toMarch 3 ,1923 . Despite pleas to continue service, he retired from politics and returned to his private business ventures. Baldwin emerged from retirement to serve in the Hawaiʻi Territorial House of Representatives in 1933. Following a single term, Baldwin returned to the upper chamber where he became senate president in 1937. He died at Paia, Maui County, Hawaii on October 8, 1946 and was buried in Makawao Cemetery, Makawao, Hawaii.References
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