J. Thompson Baker

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Jacob Thompson Baker (born April 13, 1847 in Cowan , Union County , Pennsylvania , †  December 7, 1919 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania) was an American politician . Between 1913 and 1915 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Career

J. Thompson Baker attended public schools in his home country and then studied at Bucknell University in Lewisburg . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1870, he began to work in this profession in Lewisburg. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In 1905 he chaired the Pennsylvania regional Democratic Party convention. He then moved to New Jersey, where he was a co-founder of the city of Wildwood . In 1911 and 1912 he was mayor of this place. In 1912 he took part as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Baltimore , where Woodrow Wilson was nominated as a presidential candidate.

In the 1912 congressional election , Baker was elected to the House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the second constituency of New Jersey , where he succeeded John J. Gardner on March 4, 1913 . Since he was defeated by the Republican Isaac Bacharach in 1914 , he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1915 . During this time, the 16th and 17th amendments were ratified.

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Thompson Baker worked in Wildwood in the real estate business. He died in Philadelphia on December 7, 1919.

Web links

  • J. Thompson Baker in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)