In the contest over the Senatorship in Dubuque county last fall the Independent Democrats and Republicans elected the Hon. I. W. Baldwin to the office. He is a man 58 years of age having been born at Blair, Waterloo county, Canada West, January 31, 1835. He lived there for the first ten years of his life, then moved with his parents to Saginaw, Michigan, and in 1853 came with them to Cascade, Iowa, his present home. He followed in the footsteps of his father and learned the trade of tanning, which he followed till he came to Iowa. Cascade did not suit him very well, so in 1854 he went to Galena, Illinois, and there was assistant postmaster from 1854 to 1866. Part of that time he was proprietor of De Soto House, of which hostelry he had the pleasure of entertaining General Grant, General Oglesby, General Logan and others who afterwards became noted men in national history. He was married November 17,1860, to Miss Helen Mackay, and before her death they had five children. She died in 1872. In 1874 he was married to Miss Jean Hays McGregor. They have had three children. After leaving the post office at Galena in 1866 Mr. Baldwin went to St. Louis, where he remained till the autumn of 1867. Then he returned to Cascade and went into the liquor business. He tried various pursuits until 1877, when he bought the Cascade Pioneer and proceeded to edit the paper. He has continued in active control ever since. He has always been a Democrat, but intensely independent. In 1883 and 1885 he was elected to the Iowa House of Representatives from Dubuque county. His election last fall was by a narrow margin, as his competitor, Senator Shields, is a very popular man in the county. He belongs to the Odd Fellows and Ancient Order United Workmen.

In the contest over the Senatorship in Dubuque County last fall the Independent Democrats and Republicans elected the Hon. I. W. Baldwin to the office. He is a man 58 years of age having been born at Blair, Waterloo county, Canada West, January 31, 1835. He lived there for the first ten years of his life, then moved with his parents to Saginaw, Michigan, and in 1853 came with them to Cascade, Iowa, his present home. He followed in the footsteps of his father and learned the trade of tanning, which he followed till he came to Iowa. Cascade did not suit him very well, so in 1854 he went to Galena, Illinois, and there was assistant postmaster from 1854 to 1866. Part of that time he was proprietor of De Soto House, of which hostelry he had the pleasure of entertaining General Grant, General Oglesby, General Logan and others who afterwards became noted men in national history. He was married November 17,1860, to Miss Helen Mackay, and before her death they had five children. She died in 1872. In 1874 he was married to Miss Jean Hays McGregor. They have had three children. After leaving the post office at Galena in 1866 Mr. Baldwin went to St. Louis, where he remained till the autumn of 1867. Then he returned to Cascade and went into the liquor business. He tried various pursuits until 1877, when he bought the Cascade Pioneer and proceeded to edit the paper. He has continued in active control ever since. He has always been a Democrat, but intensely independent. In 1883 and 1885 he was elected to the Iowa House of Representatives from Dubuque county. His election last fall was by a narrow margin, as his competitor, Senator Shields, is a very popular man in the county. He belongs to the Odd Fellows and Ancient Order United Workmen.

In the contest over the Senatorship in Dubuque county last fall the Independent Democrats and Republicans elected the Hon. I. W. Baldwin to the office. He is a man 58 years of age having been born at Blair, Waterloo county, Canada West, January 31, 1835. He lived there for the first ten years of his life, then moved with his parents to Saginaw, Michigan, and in 1853 came with them to Cascade, Iowa, his present home. He followed in the footsteps of his father and learned the trade of tanning, which he followed till he came to Iowa. Cascade did not suit him very well, so in 1854 he went to Galena, Illinois, and there was assistant postmaster from 1854 to 1866. Part of that time he was proprietor of De Soto House, of which hostelry he had the pleasure of entertaining General Grant, General Oglesby, General Logan and others who afterwards became noted men in national history. He was married November 17,1860, to Miss Helen Mackay, and before her death they had five children. She died in 1872. In 1874 he was married to Miss Jean Hays McGregor. They have had three children. After leaving the post office at Galena in 1866 Mr. Baldwin went to St. Louis, where he remained till the autumn of 1867. Then he returned to Cascade and went into the liquor business. He tried various pursuits until 1877, when he bought the Cascade Pioneer and proceeded to edit the paper. He has continued in active control ever since. He has always been a Democrat, but intensely independent. In 1883 and 1885 he was elected to the Iowa House of Representatives from Dubuque county. His election last fall was by a narrow margin, as his competitor, Senator Shields, is a very popular man in the county. He belongs to the Odd Fellows and Ancient Order United Workmen.