BIOGRAPHY: Caleb Baldwin
From the A.T. Andreas Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Iowa, 1875

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      Honorable CALEB BALDWIN was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, April 3, 
1824, and was educated at Washington College, of that state, graduating in the class of 1842.
	He moved to Iowa, and began the practice of law in Fairfield, in 1846, before Iowa 
was admitted into the Union.  He was elected prosecuting attorney for Jefferson County for 
three successive terms.  In 1855 he was appointed Judge of the District Court by Governor 
Grimes, to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of the Hon. W. H. Seevers.
	In 1857 he moved to Council Bluffs, his present place of residence.
	In 1859 he was elected one of the judges of the Supreme Court of the State, at the first 
election held under the revised constitution, which provided for the election of judge by the 
people.  In 1862, by seniority in office he became the Chief Justice of the State.
	In 1864 he resumed the practice of law, declining a re-election to the bench.
	In 1865 he was appointed by President Lincoln United States District Attorney for the 
District of Iowa.
	In 1874 he was appointed one of the judges of the Court of Commissioner of the 
Alabama Claims, which position he occupies at the present time.