William Baker (politician)

Rep. William Hewitt Baker

William Baker (born April 29, 1831 in Centerville , Washington County , Pennsylvania , †  February 11, 1910 in Lincoln , Kansas ) was an American politician . Between 1891 and 1897 he represented the sixth constituency of the state of Kansas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Baker attended the public schools of his home country and then Waynesboro College until 1856 . He then worked as a teacher. In 1859 Baker moved to Iowa , where he also worked as a teacher in Council Bluffs . After studying law, he was admitted to the bar in 1860. Baker never practiced this profession. In 1865 he returned to Pennsylvania, where he settled in Beallsville , Washington County. There he worked in trade.

In 1878, Baker moved to Lincoln County , Kansas. There he dealt with agriculture and especially with livestock. Politically, he joined the populist party that emerged from the farmers' movement . In the congressional elections of 1890 he was elected as his party's candidate for the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC . There he came on March 4, 1891, the successor to the Republican Erastus J. Turner . In 1892, Kansas voted by district and Baker was re-elected to Congress in the sixth district of his state . After re-election in 1894, Baker was able to complete a total of three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1897.

In 1896 he renounced another candidacy. He returned to his agricultural activities. William Baker died in Lincoln in February 1910 and was buried there.

Web links

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

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