booth. He led the fight to get NY State to investigate the very rotten administration of Mayor Jimmy Walker. The Seabury Investigation resulted and a Fusion Mayor - La Guardia was elected and a new NYC charter was approved: Joe was well publicized for his role." He served as President of The New York Young Republican Club from 1930 to 1931. He was a member of the New York State Senate (17th D.) in 1935 and 1936; and of the New York City Council from 1937 to 1941. He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1938. Baldwin was elected as a Republican to the 77th United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Kenneth F. Simpson. He was re-elected to the 78th and 79th United States Congresses, holding office from March 11, 1941, to January 3, 1947. An unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress, he became a representative for United Dye and Chemical Corporation, and William Recht Company, Incorporated. Death Baldwin died, in the Veterans Administration Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, New York, on October 27, 1957 (age 60 years, 289 days). He is interred at Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York. References External links St. Paul's School (New Hampshire) alumni Harvard University alumni 1897 births 1957 deaths Republican Party New York (state) state senators New York City Council members Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) United States Navy personnel of World War I Burials at Woodlawn Cemetery (Bronx, New York) 20th-century American politicians United States Army personnel of World War I