Joshua Gabriel Baker (1852 – March 24, 1935) was a justice of the

Louisiana Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Louisiana (french: Cour suprême de Louisiane) is the highest court and court of last resort in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The modern Supreme Court, composed of seven justices, meets in the French Quarter of New Orlea ...

from October 15, 1921, to November 27, 1922. Born in

St. Mary Parish, Louisiana St. Mary Parish (french: Paroisse de Sainte-Marie) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 54,650. The parish seat is Franklin. The parish was created in 1811. St. Mary Parish comprises th ...

, he was "educated at home and then in Virginia". He was licensed to practice law in 1874, and became an assistant district attorney for Orleans Parish in 1877. In 1883, he became a judge of the criminal court for that parish, holding that office until 1892, and then again from 1896 to 1920. In August 1921, he won election to a seat on the supreme court vacated by the retirement of Justice Frank A. Monroe. Baker died in New Orleans at the age of 83."Judge Joshua Baker, Beloved Jurist, Was Native of Franklin", ''St. Mary and Franklin Banner-Tribune'' (March 29, 1935), p. 1.

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