[3] Baldwin was also active in Bradford-area businesses, to include serving on the board of directors of the Vermont Copper Mining Company.
[12][16][17] In 1861, Baldwin was appointed United States Marshal for the District of Vermont, succeeding Lewis Samuel Partridge at the start of the American Civil War.
[19] They were accused of protesting by cutting down an American flag at a recruiting office and then using pistols to prevent soldiers from raising it again.
[20] Partridge initially traveled to Canada to escape arrest, but later appeared in Burlington to answer the charge and post bail.
[23] After the death of his first wife, in 1867 Baldwin relocated to Jesup, Iowa,[24] where he farmed[25] and remained involved in politics as a Republican.