Briscoe Baldwin

Briscoe Baldwin
Painted portrait of Briscoe Baldwin, 903, by John Pleasants Walker
Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court
In office
January 29, 1842 – May 18, 1852
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates for Augusta County
In office
December 7, 1818 – December 3, 1820
Serving with Andrew Anderson
Preceded bySamuel Clarke
Succeeded byJohn M. Estill
In office
December 2, 1822 – November 30, 1823
Serving with Daniel Sheffey
Preceded byJohn Wayt
Succeeded byThomas Jefferson Stuart
In office
December 6, 1841 – January 1842
Serving with William Kinney
Preceded byGerard B. Stuart
Succeeded byRobert S. Brooke
Personal details
BornJanuary 18, 1789
Winchester, Virginia
DiedMay 18, 1852(1852-05-18) (aged 63)
Staunton, Virginia
Spouse
Martha Steele Brown
(m. 1811)
Children6, including John
Alma materCollege of William and Mary
Professionlawyer, politician, judge

Briscoe Gerard Baldwin (January 18, 1789 – May 18, 1852) was a Virginia attorney, politician, and jurist, who served four terms in the Virginia House of Delegates, at the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1829-1830, and a decade in the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.