William Henry Baker (January 17, 1827 – November 25, 1911) was an American politician and a

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from

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Biography

Born in

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, Baker moved with his parents to Oswego County in 1829 and attended the common schools, then Red Creek and Mexico Academies. He studied law and was

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, in November 1851 and commenced practice in

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Career

Baker moved to

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, in 1853, and served as district attorney for Oswego County from January 1863 to January 1870. Elected as a

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to the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses, Baker served as U.S. Representative for the twenty-fourth district of New York from March 4, 1875, to March 3, 1879. Declining to be a candidate for renomination in 1878, Baker resumed his practice and was a delegate to the State constitutional conventions in 1884 and 1894. He also engaged in agricultural pursuits.

Death

Baker died in

, on November 25, 1911 (age 84 years, 312 days). He is

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Trinity Church Cemetery The parish of Trinity Church has three separate burial grounds associated with it in New York City. The first, Trinity Churchyard, is located in Lower Manhattan at 74 Trinity Place, near Wall Street and Broadway. Alexander Hamilton, Albert Gal ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Baker, William H. 1827 births 1911 deaths Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) People from Oswego County, New York People from Lenox, New York Burials at Trinity Church Cemetery 19th-century American legislators Oswego County District Attorneys