death_date birth_date term_end alma_mater death_place image_size preceded term_start image name resting_place succeeded predecessor birth_place jr/sr office state district successor article_title
4 march 1807 23 november 1754 march 3 , 1793 1801 3 , 1807 march 3 , 1799 march yale university washington , d.c. 200px '' district created '' '' district created '' march 4 , 1789 1785 4 , 1799 march 4 , 1793 march abraham baldwin by naegele.jpg abraham baldwin rock creek cemetery , washington , dc james jones '' converted to at-large districts '' josiah tattnall '' none '' guilford , connecticut united states senator president of the university of georgia georgia georgia georgia at-large 2nd george jones josiah meigs abraham baldwin

abraham baldwin

abraham baldwin -lrb- november 22 , 1754march 4 , 1807 -rrb- was a connecticut-born and raised minister , patriot , american politician , and founding father .
a graduate of yale university divinity school , after the revolutionary war baldwin became a lawyer .
he moved to the u.s. state of georgia in the mid-1780s to work under the governor and develop its educational system .
baldwin is noted as the developer and founding president of the university of georgia -lrb- 1785-1801 -rrb- , the first state-chartered public institution of higher education in the united states .
after serving in the state assembly , baldwin was elected as a georgia representative in the continental congress and one of two signatories from georgia of the united states constitution .
he served in the united states house of representatives for five terms and in the senate from 1799 until his death in office in washington , dc .
