Thomas J. Baldrige

Thomas Jackson Baldrige (April 5, 1872 – January 27, 1964[1]) was a Pennsylvania lawyer and judge. He served part of a term as state Attorney General, and then on the state's Superior Court for over twenty years, the last two as President Judge.

Thomas Jackson Baldrige
1945, official photograph
President Judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania
In office
January 17, 1945 – March 1, 1947
Preceded byWilliam H. Keller
Succeeded byChester H. Rhodes
Associate Judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania
In office
January 28, 1929 – January 17, 1945
Attorney General of Pennsylvania
In office
January 18, 1927 – January 28, 1929
GovernorJohn Stuchell Fisher
Preceded byGeorge Washington Woodruff
Succeeded byCyrus Woods
Personal details
Born(1872-04-05)April 5, 1872
Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania
DiedJanuary 27, 1964(1964-01-27) (aged 91)
Altoona, Pennsylvania
Political partyRepublican
SpouseAnna P. Dean
Alma materBucknell University
OccupationJudge, lawyer

Life and career

Baldrige was born the son of Howard Malcolm and Laura Mattern Baldrige. His father was a prominent Blair County lawyer. Baldrige attended Phillips Academy, Bucknell University, and the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He read law with his father, and was admitted to the Blair County bar in 1895.[2][3]

He married Anna P. Dean in 1917.[4]

In 1910, he was appointed President Judge of the Blair County counts, and then elected for two ten-year terms. In 1927, he resigned to become state Attorney General. In 1929, he was appointed to the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, then elected later in 1929 and again in 1939 to ten-year terms. In 1945, he was commissioned President Judge of the court, and then resigned in 1947, due to hearing.[1]

Notable relatives

His father's older brother was Howard Hammond Baldrige, a Nebraska state senator,[5] Howard Hammond was the father of Howard Malcolm, a Nebraska congressman. Howard Malcolm was the father of Howard Malcolm, Jr., and Letitia, Jacqueline Kennedy's Social Secretary.

References
  1. Herald 1964, p. 1.
  2. Sell 1911, p. 110.
  3. Gardner 1945, p. 727.
  4. Eastman 1922, p. 206.
  5. Watkins 1913, p. 513.

Further reading
  • Eastman, Frank Marshall (1922). Courts and Lawyers of Pennsylvania: A History, 1623–1923. Vol. 4. New York: American historical society, Incorporated.
  • Gardner, Braton R., ed. (1945). The Pennsylvania Manual. Vol. 87. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
  • Sell, Jesse C. (1911). Twentieth Century History of Altoona and Blair County, Pennsylvania, and Representative Citizens. Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing. p. 110. thomas jackson baldrige.
  • Watkins, Albert (1913). History of Nebraska. Vol. 3. Lincoln: Western Publishing and Engraving Company.
  • "County's Ex-Judge Baldrige, 91, Dies". Tyrone Daily Herald. January 28, 1964. p. 1.
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