BALDWIN, SIMEON EBEN
Simeon Eben Baldwin was born February 5,
1840. He earned a bachelor of arts degree from
Yale in 1861, received a master of arts degree in
1864, and then pursued legal studies at Yale and
Harvard. Four honorary doctor of laws degrees
were bestowed upon him: by Harvard in 1891;
Columbia, in 1911; Wesleyan, in 1912; and Yale,
in 1916.
Baldwin was admitted to the bar in 1863. In
1869 he returned to Yale to teach at the Yale Law
School until 1919, when he became professor
emeritus.
In 1893, Baldwin entered the judiciary, pre-
siding as associate justice of the Supreme Court
of Errors of Connecticut until 1907 and as chief
justice until 1910. From 1910 to 1914, Baldwin
was governor of Connecticut.
Baldwin contributed to the formulation of
many areas of Connecticut law. He was instru-
mental in amending the general statutes of Con-
necticut as well as the system of taxation.
Baldwin wrote numerous publications,
including A Digest of All the Reported Cases of
Connecticut (1871–72); Modern Political Institu-
tions (1898); American Railroad Law (1904); The
American Judiciary (1905); The Relations of Edu-
cation to Citizenship (1912); and The Young Man
and the Law (1919).
He died January 30, 1927, in New Haven, Connecticut.
