William Hewitt Baker (April 29, 1831 – February 11, 1910) was a
U.S. Representative
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from
Kansas
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.
Personal life
Born near
Centerville, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Baker attended public school and graduated from Waynesboro College in 1856. He married Philena Griffith in
Washington County, PA. on November 25, 1858. They had 3 sons and 5 daughters. In 1878, he moved to
Lincoln County, Kansas
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History
For many millennia, the Great Pl ...
, where he engaged in
agricultural pursuits and
stock raising. He died in
Lincoln, Kansas
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History
Settler George Green founded the town of Lincoln ...
at 4:15 p.m., February 11, 1910 and was interred in Lincoln Center Cemetery. His obituary was published in the Lincoln Sentinel, February 10, 1910.
Career
Baker was a teacher and moved to
Iowa
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in 1859 to become the principal of the public schools in
Council Bluffs
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. Baker studied law, was
admitted to the bar
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in 1860, but never practiced. In 1865, he returned to
Beallsville, Pennsylvania. From 1865–1878, he engaged in
mercantile pursuits.
A Populist, Baker was elected to the
Fifty-second,
Fifty-third, and
Fifty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1897). He was not a candidate for re-nomination in 1896, and he resumed agricultural pursuits.
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1831 births
1910 deaths
People from Washington County, Pennsylvania
Kansas Populists
People's Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Kansas
19th-century American politicians
People from Lincoln Center, Kansas
Members of the United States House of Representatives from Kansas