Richard J. Baldwin | |
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| 65th Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives | |
| In office 1917–1918 | |
| Preceded by | Charles A. Ambler |
| Succeeded by | Robert S. Spangler |
| Member of the Pennsylvania Senate from the 9th district | |
| In office 1919–1920 | |
| Preceded by | William Cameron Sproul |
| Succeeded by | Albert Dutton MacDade |
| Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the Delaware County district | |
| In office 1895–1900 | |
| Preceded by | George E. Heyburn |
| Succeeded by | Robert M. Newhard |
| Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the Delaware County district | |
| In office 1911–1918 | |
| Preceded by | William D. Jones, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | William Cloud Alexander |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 1, 1853 East Bradford Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania |
| Died | June 15, 1944 (aged 91) Elwyn, Pennsylvania |
| Political party | Republican |
Richard Jacobs Baldwin (March 1, 1853 - June 15, 1944) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in the 1894, 1896 and 1898 terms. He was reelected to the House for the 1910, 1912, 1914 and 1916 terms and served as Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1917 to 1918. He was nominated speaker due to his twenty years of service in the house by the Republican political boss Boies Penrose.[1] Baldwin also served a term in the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 9th Senatorial District from 1919 to 1920.[2]
- ^ Kaylor, Earl C. (1996). Martin Grove Brumbaugh: A Pennsylvanian's Odyssey from Sainted Schoolman to Bedeviled World War I Governor, 1862-1930. Cranbury, New Jersey: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. p. 300. ISBN 0-8386-3689-6. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
- ^ "Baldwin". www.politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved August 10, 2018.