Eminent Americans : comprising brief biographies of leading statesmen, patriots, orators and others, men and women who have made American history . gyear he was chosen to represent Georgia, with Colonel William Few as his col-league, in the convention that framed the Federal Constitution. He vv-as con-tinued a member of Congress for ten years after the organization of the ncvrgovernment, when, in 1799, he and his friend Milledge were chosen UnitedStates Senators. He occupied that exalted position until his death, which oc-curred at Washington city, on the 4th of March, 1807, when ho was about
Eminent Americans : comprising brief biographies of leading statesmen, patriots, orators and others, men and women who have made American history . gyear he was chosen to represent Georgia, with Colonel William Few as his col-league, in the convention that framed the Federal Constitution. He vv-as con-tinued a member of Congress for ten years after the organization of the ncvrgovernment, when, in 1799, he and his friend Milledge were chosen UnitedStates Senators. He occupied that exalted position until his death, which oc-curred at Washington city, on the 4th of March, 1807, when ho was about fifty-three years of age. His remains were placed by the side of those of his James Jackson, in the Congressional burying-ground. Mr. Baldwinwas never married. His f\ither died in 1787, and left six orphan children, half-brothers and sisters of Abraham. With the tenderness of a father he studiedtheir welfare, and used his ample fortune in educating them all. They enjoyedhis protection and aid until all were established for themselves in truly good man was lost to earth, when Abraham Baluwiu died. DEWITT CLINTON. r>EWITT CLINTON. There are men whose forecast reaches far in advance of their generation, whose sagacity works wonders for posterity. These are laughed at as idledreamers by the many, and venerated as pliiiosophers and prophets by the few-Such was Dewitt Chuton, a son of James Chnton, a useful brigadier-general ofthe Revolution, who was born at Little Britain, in Orange county, New York,on the 2d of March, 1769. He graduated at Columbia College, in 1786, became alawyer, then private Secretary to his uncle, George Clinton, the first Republicangovernor of New York, and then a State Senator, in 1799. Even at this earlyperiod of his public life, his efforts were directed to the elevation of his fcllow-mon. Throughout his long political career he was the earnest and steadfast friendof education, and the rights of man. His powerful mind
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