William H. Baker

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William H. Baker

William Henry Baker (born January 17, 1827 in Lenox , New York , † November 25, 1911 in Constantia , New York) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1875 and 1879 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Henry Baker was born in Madison County in 1827 . The family moved to Oswego County in 1829 . He attended community schools as well as the Red Creek Academy and the Mexico Academy . Then he studied law . After receiving his license to practice bar in Syracuse in November 1851 , he began practicing in Cleveland . He moved to Constantia, Oswego County, in 1853. In January 1863, he became a district attorney in Oswego County - a post he held until January 1870. Politically, he belonged to the Republican Party . In the congressional elections of 1874 for the 44th Congress , Baker was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 24th  constituency of New York , where he succeeded R. Holland Duel on March 4, 1875 . He was re-elected once. Since it to a re-election bid in 1878 renounced, he left the after March 3, 1879 Congress of. In 1884 he took part as a delegate to the New York Constituent Assembly . Then he worked in agriculture. He died in Constantia about three years before the outbreak of World War I and was then buried in Trinity Church Cemetery .

Web links

  • William H. Baker in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Baker, William H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baker, William Henry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1827
PLACE OF BIRTH Lenox , New York
DATE OF DEATH November 25, 1911
Place of death Constantia , New York