BALDWIN, JOSEPH GLOVER
Joseph Glover Baldwin achieved prominence as a jurist and author despite his lack of formal education.
Baldwin was born in January, 1815, near Winchester, Virginia. After establishing a legal
practice in 1836 in DeKalb, Mississippi, he relo-
cated to Alabama and entered the legislature of
the state in 1844, serving for five years.
In 1854 Baldwin moved again, this time to
San Francisco. He maintained a successful prac-
tice and was involved in the formulation of the
judicial system of San Francisco. He officially
entered the judiciary in 1858, presiding as asso-
ciate justice of the California Supreme Court
until 1862.
As an author, Baldwin is famous for The
Flush Times of Alabama and Mississippi (1853)
and Party Leaders (1855).
He died September 30, 1864, in San Francisco, California.
