Simeon Baldwin
Simeon Baldwin | |
|---|---|
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's at-large congressional district | |
| In office March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805 | |
| Preceded by | Elias Perkins |
| Succeeded by | Jonathan O. Moseley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 14, 1761 |
| Died | May 26, 1851 (aged 89) New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Party | Federalist |
| Alma mater | Yale College |
Simeon Baldwin (December 14, 1761 – May 26, 1851) was son-in-law of Roger Sherman, father of Connecticut Governor and US Senator Roger Sherman Baldwin, grandfather of Connecticut Governor & Chief Justice Simeon E. Baldwin and great-grandfather of New York Supreme Court Justice Edward Baldwin Whitney. He was born in Norwich in the Connecticut Colony. He completed preparatory studies (studying with Rev. Joseph Huntington and later at the Master Tisdale's School in Lebanon, Connecticut, and graduated from Yale College in 1781. He delivered the Latin oration in June 1782; it is still preserved in the Yale University Library. He was preceptor of the academy at Albany, and a Tutor at his alma mater.