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4 unusual facts about Roger Sherman Baldwin


Emily Baldwin

On 25 October 1820 she married Roger Sherman Baldwin, who became the Connecticut, Governor in 1844 and US Senator in 1847.

Roger Sherman Baldwin

A simplified version of the events regarding the Amistad case was made into a movie called Amistad in 1997 in which Matthew McConaughey portrayed Roger Sherman Baldwin.

Not to be confused with Roger Nash Baldwin, 20th Century founder of the American Civil Liberties Union.

Simeon Eben Baldwin

Simeon Eben Baldwin (February 5, 1840 – January 30, 1927), jurist, law professor and the 65th Governor of Connecticut, was the son of jurist, Connecticut governor and U.S. Senator Roger Sherman Baldwin and Emily Pitkin Perkins.



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