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Melvin Riley Baldwin

Democrat Representative of Minnesota's 6th district

  • Representative

    Minnesota, district 6

    August 7, 1893 - March 3, 1895

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Congresses Served

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House Terms

April 12, 1838 (63 years old)

Birthday

April 15, 1901

Death

  • Served as a U.S. Representative in the Fifty-third Congress.
  • Engaged in civil engineering and worked for the Chicago & North Western Railway prior to his political career.
  • Enlisted as a private in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War, later becoming a captain.
  • Captured at the Battle of Gettysburg and held as a prisoner of war for eighteen months.
  • After the Civil War, worked as a general superintendent in railway operations in Kansas.
  • Moved to Duluth, Minnesota, in 1885.
  • Chaired the Chippewa Indian Commission from 1894 to 1897.
  • Died by suicide in 1901 following financial difficulties.