Caleb Baker

Caleb Baker (* 1762 in Providence , Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations , † June 26, 1849 in Southport (now part of Elmira ), New York ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1819 and 1821 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Caleb Baker was born in Providence County about twelve years before the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War . He moved to New York in 1790. Between 1790 and 1836 he was in the cities of Chemung , Ashland and Newtown - now part of Elmira in Tioga County - and from 1836 until his death in Southport in Chemung County . He studied law and practiced as a lawyer after receiving his license. In 1791 he worked as an assessor in Chemung. He taught in Wellsburg , Chemung County in 1803 and 1804 . On April 7, 1806, on April 13, 1825 and 1829 he was appointed guardianship and probate judge ( surrogate ) of Tioga County and in 1810 a judge of the Court of Common Pleas . Baker served in the New York State Assembly in 1814, 1815, and 1829 . In 1816 he was Justice of the Peace of Chemung.

As an opponent of an overly strong central government, he joined the Democratic-Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson at that time . In the 1818 congressional elections for the 16th Congress , Baker was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the 20th  constituency of New York , where he succeeded Daniel Cruger and Oliver C. Comstock on March 4, 1819 . He retired from the after March 3, 1821 Congress of.

He died on June 26, 1849 in Southport and was buried there in Fitzsimmons Cemetery .

literature

• The New York civil list , Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858, pp. 70, 189f and 209.

Web links

• Caleb Baker in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Caleb Baker in the database of Find a Grave (English)