Stephen Baker (politician, 1819)

Stephen Baker

Stephen Baker (born August 12, 1819 in New York City , † June 9, 1875 in Ogden , Utah ) was an American politician . Between 1861 and 1863 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Stephen Baker was born in New York City about four and a half years after the end of the British-American War . In the following time he attended community schools. He then worked as an importer and wholesaler of woolen goods. In 1850 he moved to Poughkeepsie in Dutchess County . Politically, he belonged to the Republican Party .

In the congressional elections of 1860 for the 37th Congress , Baker was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the twelfth constituency of New York , where he succeeded Charles Lewis Beale on March 4, 1861 . He retired from the after March 3, 1863 Congress of.

Baker gave up his business activities and went into retirement. On June 9, 1875, he died on a train near Ogden on the way to California - a trip he made for health reasons. His body was then interred in the Rural Cemetery in Poughkeepsie.

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SURNAME	Baker, Stephen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	August 12, 1819
PLACE OF BIRTH	New York City
DATE OF DEATH	June 9, 1875
Place of death	near Ogden , Utah