Baker, Jehu – Baker, William H
Baker, Jehu
lawyer, diplomat, congressman, was born Nov. 4, 1822, in Fayette county, Ky. He attended common schools and McKendree college, but did not graduate; and subsequently received from the latter institution the honorary degrees of M. A. and LL. D. He studied medicine for a time; is a lawyer; was master in chancery of St. Clair county 1861-'65; was elected to the thirty-ninth, fortieth, and fiftieth congresses; and served as United States minister resident to Venezuela in 1878-81 and 1882-85. He was minister resident and consul-general for a time during the closing part of this service, and was elected to the fiftyfifth congress as a fusionist.
Baker, Joanna
educator, linguist, was born Feb. 14, 1862, in New Rochelle, Ill. She received a thorough education; is a fine linguist; and now fills the chair of Greek, language, literature and philosophy in the Simpson college of Indianola, Iowa. As a lecturer she has also attained success.
Baker, John
lawyer, congressman.
He was a representative in congress from Virginia from 1811 to 1813. He died Aug. 18, 1823, in Sheperdstown, Va.
Baker, John H
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Feb. 28, 1832, in Parma township, N. Y. He removed, studied law, and commenced practice in Goshen, Ind., in 1857. He was state senator in 1862; in 1874 was elected a representative from Indiana to the forty-fourth congress and was re-elected to the fortyfifth and forty-sixth congresses.
Baker, Joshua
was born March 23, 1799, in Kentucky. He graduated from West Point in 1819, and at his death on April 15, 1893, he was the oldest graduate in existence. He practiced law in Mary's parish, and in 1839 was appointed judge.
In 1867 he was appointed governor of the state by General Hancock.
Baker, Julia Keim Wetherill
journalist, author, was born July 18, 1858, in Woodville, Miss. She received her education in Philadelphia, Pa. Her husband, Marion A. Baker, is the literary editor of the New Orleans Times-Democrat; and for the past six years she has been employed as literary critic and editorial writer on the staff of that journal. She is the author of a novel entitled Wings.
Baker, Lafayette C
patriot, author, was born Oct. 13, 1826, in Stafford, N. Y. He was chief of the United States secret service during the civil war; and in 1862 the bureau became attached to the war department, and he was commissioned colonel, and subsequently brigadiergeneral. He was the author of a work entitled History of the United States Secret Service. He died July 2, 1868, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Baker, Lewis
journalist, legislator, was born in 1832, in Belmont county, Ohio. He was educated in the log schoolhouse and the country printing office; admitted to practice law in the supreme and other courts of Ohio; and declined his party nomination to congress when in his 25th year. He has edited and published at different periods the Cambridge Jeffersonian, Ohio; Daily Ohio Statesman, of Columbus; Daily Aurora, of Zanesville; the Wheeling Register, West Virginia, and the St. Paul Globe, Minnesota. He has been a member and presiding officer of the West Virginia state senate; president of the St. Paul school board; and envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Nicaraugua, Costa Rica, and Salvador. He has been connected with many business enterprises, and has always taken an active part in politics, and was a member of the two democratic national conventions of 1884 and 1892.
Baker, Louisa S
clergyman, writer, was born Oct. 17, 1846, in Nantucket, Mass. For many years she was engaged in educational work; is now pastor of the First congregational church of Nantucket, Mass.; and is well-known as a successful contributor to current literature.
Baker, Lucien
lawyer, congressman, was born in 1846 in Ohio. Shortly after he removed with his parents to Michigan, but in 1869 he removed to Kansas and settled in Leavenworth, where he has since resided, engaged in the practice of law. He was elected to the United States senate as a republican in 1895. His term of service will expire March 3, 1901.
Baker, Luther Elijah
financier, was born Jan. 1, 1865, in Melrose, Va. He accepted the position of bookkeeper, and afterward assistant secretary and secretary of the Iowa Mutual Benefit association, one of the oldest institutions of its kind in the west. He is official correspondent of the American Protective Tariff league and director of the Toledo Savings bank.
Baker, Marcus
explorer, was born Sept. 23, 1849, in Ostemo, Mich. He was educated at Kalamazoo college and the university of Michigan, graduating in 1870; in 1870-'71 was made professor of mathematics in Albion college, and in 1871-'73 tutor of mathematics in the university of Michigan. In 1873 he became connected with the U. S. Coast and Geodetic survey, attaining in 1886 the grade of assistant geographer. During this time he spent several years in explorations and surveys in Alaska, and traversed the entire Pacific coast from southern California to the Arctic ocean. In 1882 he was in charge of the Los Angeles magnetic observatory, established by the U. S. signal service.
Baker, Nathaniel Bradley
governor, was born Sept. 29, 1818, in Henniker, N. H. For three years he was joint proprietor and editor of the New Hampshire Patriot. He was elected to the legislature in 1851, was chosen speaker of the house, and served two terms. He was a presidential elector in 1852, and in 1854 was elected governor of the state on the democratic ticket. He was elected to the Iowa legislature in 1859. In 1861 he was appointed adjutant-general of Iowa. He died Sept. 11, 1876, in Des Moines, Iowa.
Baker, Osmond Cleander
clergyman, was born July 30, 1812, in Marlow, N. H. He was a professor in the General Biblical institute of Concord, N. H., and in 1847 was president of the same; bishop of the methodist episcopal church in 1852-'71, and wrote A Guide Book in the Administration of Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He died Dec. 20, 1871, in Concord, N. H.
Baker, Osmyn
lawyer, congressman, was born May 18, 1800, in Amherst, Mass.
He graduated at Yale college in 1822; adopted the profession of the law, and was a member of the Massachusetts legislature in 1833 and 1834. He was a representative in congress from his native state from 1839 to 1845, and was state councilor in 1853 and 1854.
Baker, Peter Carpenter
publisher, author, was born March 25, 1822, in North Hempstead, N. Y. In 1865 he established the law-publishing firm of Baker, Voorhis and Co., which is still in existence and has a large catalogue. Mr. Baker was one of the founders of the Metropolitan Literary association, edited the Steam Press, a patriotic periodical, during the civil war (1861-'5), and originated the plan for a statue of Benjamin Franklin in Printing-house square, New York, which was given by Albert De Groot. He has published addresses and monographs.
Baker, Philip Pontius
state senator, was born Jan. 14, 1846, in Cowan, Pa. In 1869 he moved to Vineland, N. J., where, under the firm name of Baker Bros., they built up an extensive trade in the business of general merchandising.
In 1881 he was elected to the assembly, and 1886 was a member of the New Jersey senate. He was one of the founders and president of the Tradesman bank, and one of the leading spirits in the development of Sea Isle City, N. J.
Baker, Robert Hall
manufacturer, was born June 27, 1839, in Lake Geneva, Wis. Through an acquaintance with the late Jerome I. Case, manufacturer of threshing machines, Mr. Baker was finally induced to become a partner in Mr. Case's firm, and he remained successfully engaged in that business until death. He was state senator of Wisconsin in 1872- '76, and mayor of Racine in 1874
Baker, Sarah Woods
author, was born in 1824, in New Haven, Conn. She is the author of the following works: The Babes in the Basket; The Aunt Friendly Books; Timid Lucy; Pictures of Swedish Life; Our Elder Brother; Salt; and six volumes of stories. Her maiden name was Sarah Tuthill. Mrs. Woods-Baker resides in Sweden.
Baker, Stephen
merchant, congressman, was born Aug. 12, 1819, in New York city. At an early age he engaged in mercantile pursuits, from which he retired in 1849 to a country seat in Dutchess county, N. Y. He was elected a representative from New York to the thirty-seventh congress.
Baker, William
educator, lawyer, congressman, was born April 29, 1831, in Washington county, Pa. He was brought up on a farm and graduated from Waynesburg college in 1856. He followed teaching as a profession a number of years, and while teaching studied law and was admitted to the bar. For the last thirteen years he has been engaged in farming and stock raising in Lincoln county, Kans.; and was elected to the fifty-second, fifty-third and fifty-fourth congresses.
Baker, William B
merchant, congressman, was born July 22, 1840, near Aberdeen, Md. He was educated at public and private schools; worked upon a farm until thirty-two years of age, when he commenced fruit packing, and has been engaged in that business ever since.
He has frequently been a delegate to state and congressional conventions, and although his county is strongly democratic, he was elected to the house of delegates as a republican in 1881 and to the state senate in 1893. He was elected to the fifty-fourth and re-elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a republican.
Baker, William H
artist, was born in 1825, in Lenox, N. Y. One of his best portraits is that of Bishop Quintard of Tennessee, painted for the episcopal general convention. He died May 29, 1875, in Brooklyn, N. Y.