BAKER, Ezra, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Tuckerton, N.J., in 1765c; moved with his parents to the Province of East Jersey about 1765; educated for the medical profession and…
BAKER, John, a Representative from Virginia; born in Frederick County, Md., birth dates unknown; attended Washington College (now Washington and Lee University), Lexington, Va., for three…
(Encyclopedia) Kassebaum-Baker, Nancy LandonKassebaum-Baker, Nancy Landonkăsˈəbômˌ, –boumˌ [key], 1932–, U.S. senator from Kansas (1979–97), b. Topeka, Kans. A Republican and the daughter of Kansas…
(Encyclopedia) Baker, Sir Samuel White, 1821–93, English explorer in Africa. He explored the Nile tributaries in Ethiopia in 1861–62. Going up the Nile from Cairo, he reached Gondokoro in 1863. He…
(Encyclopedia) Baker, Howard Henry, Jr., 1925–2014, U.S. politician and public official, b. Huntsville, Tenn., grad. Univ. of Tennessee Law College 1949. The son of Howard Henry Baker, 1902–64, a…
(Encyclopedia) Baker, James Addison, 3d, 1930–, U.S. political leader, b. Houston, Tex. After graduating from Princeton, he served in the U.S. Marines and earned a law degree from the Univ. of Texas…
BAKER, Caleb, a Representative from New York; born in Providence, R.I., in 1762; moved to New York in 1790 and resided in the towns of Chemung, Ashland, and Newtown, Tioga County, from 1790 to…
Senate Years of Service: 1860-1861Party: RepublicanBAKER, Edward Dickinson, a Representative from Illinois and a Senator from Oregon; born in London, England, February 24, 1811; immigrated to…
BAKER, Jehu, a Representative from Illinois; born near Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., November 4, 1822; moved with his father to Lebanon, Ill., in 1829; attended the common schools and…
BAKER, John Harris, (brother of Lucien Baker), a Representative from Indiana; born in Parma Township, Monroe County, N.Y., February 28, 1832; moved with his parents to the present county of…
