Men of mark in Connecticut; ideals of American life told in biographies and autobiographies of eminent living Americans . cestors John Haynes, who has the unique distinction of beinggovernor first of Massachusetts and then of Connecticut, GovernorWilliam Pitkin of Connecticut, and Governor William Bradford ofthe Plymouth Colony. Judge Baldwin was brought up in the city of his birth, NewHaven. His early education was received at the Hopkins GrammarSchool where he was prepared for college. He entered Yale and wasgraduated in the class of 1861, receiving the degree of Havingdecided to become
Men of mark in Connecticut; ideals of American life told in biographies and autobiographies of eminent living Americans . cestors John Haynes, who has the unique distinction of beinggovernor first of Massachusetts and then of Connecticut, GovernorWilliam Pitkin of Connecticut, and Governor William Bradford ofthe Plymouth Colony. Judge Baldwin was brought up in the city of his birth, NewHaven. His early education was received at the Hopkins GrammarSchool where he was prepared for college. He entered Yale and wasgraduated in the class of 1861, receiving the degree of Havingdecided to become a lawyer he studied first at the Yale and then at theHarvard Law School. After two years and without waiting to takea degree, he began the practice of his profession in his fathers lawoffice in New Haven. Here his natural ability, careful preliminarytraining in the law and the able assistance of his father combined toassure him success. He quickly acquired a reputation as an able andconscientious lawyer, and in a few years gained a large and profitableclientage. But he was destined to make his name as a teacher and. SIMEON EBEN BALDWIN 93 interpreter of the law rather than in private practice. In 1869 he wasoffered and he accepted an instructorship at the Yale Law School. Hisability as an educator was soon recognized by the University authori-ties and in 1872 he was appointed a professor of constitutional andmercantile law. The same year the State Legislature named him as amember of a commission to revise the educational laws of Connecti-cut. He took an important part in the work of this commission, andhis services were recognized by the members of the General following year he was appointed on a similar commission to revisethe general statutes of the State. His legal knowledge and experienceenabled him to lend valuable assistance in the performance of thisdelicate and difficult task. His next important service to the publicwas in 1877 when as a member of the comm
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