Baldwin graduated from Columbia in 1860 and moved shortly after to Logansport, Indiana, where he became a partner at the law firm of his uncle, Daniel D. Pratt, who would later serve as a U.S.
In addition to his law practice, Baldwin also opened a bank and bought the controlling interest in the local newspaper, the Logansport Daily & Weekly.
Another prominent Logansport lawyer, William Wheeler Thornton, served as Deputy Attorney General under Baldwin.
[1][5] Baldwin's home in Logansport, the Kendrick-Baldwin House, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Baldwin was a close friend of the movement's founder, Bishop John H. Vincent, and had a cottage in Chautauqua, New York, where he frequently visited and delivered lectures.
[3] Late in life, Baldwin moved to Arizona Territory, becoming a stockholder in a cattle ranch near St. Johns.
Despite having gone deaf, Baldwin argued before the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court, representing Apache County in a case against the Atlantic Railway Company.