Daniel P. Baldwin

Daniel Pratt Baldwin (c. 1837 – December 13, 1908) was an American lawyer, judge, politician, banker, writer, lecturer, and philanthropist who served as the twelfth Indiana Attorney General from November 6, 1880, to November 6, 1882.

Biography Early life and education Baldwin was born in Madison County, New York. His family was of Welsh origin and originally settled in New England. Relatives of Daniel P. Baldwin include Simeon E. Baldwin (Governor of Connecticut) and the founders of the Baldwin Locomotive Works.

Baldwin was educated at Madison County public schools, Cazenovia Academy, Madison University (in Hamilton), and Columbia Law School (in New York City). Baldwin graduated from Columbia in 1860 and moved shortly after to Logansport, Indiana, where he became a partner at the law firm of his uncle, Daniel D. Pratt, who would later serve as a U.S. Senator from Indiana and as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue in the administration of President Ulysses Grant. Baldwin later formed a legal partnership with William Dague. In addition to his law practice, Baldwin also opened a bank and bought the controlling interest in the local newspaper, the Logansport Daily & Weekly.

Political and judicial career Baldwin, a Republican, was elected twice as judge of the Court of Common Pleas.

Due to a "misunderstanding", Baldwin refused to support the re-election campaign of Republican President Benjamin Harrison (former U.S. from Indiana) in the 1892 presidential election, instead choosing to support his Democratic challenger Grover Cleveland. Baldwin later returned to supporting the Republican Party, however.

Baldwin died in 1908.