The Political Graveyard: Baker family of Indiana

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Baker family of Indiana

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John Harris Baker (1832-1915) — of Goshen, Elkhart County, Ind. Born in Parma town, Monroe County, N.Y., February 28, 1832. Married to Harriet Defrees; brother of Lucien Baker; father of Francis Elisha Baker. Republican. Lawyer; member of Indiana state senate, 1863; U.S. Representative from Indiana 13th District, 1875-81; U.S. District Judge for Indiana, 1892-1902. Methodist. Died in Goshen, Elkhart County, Ind., October 21, 1915 (age 83 years, 235 days). Interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Goshen, Ind.

Lucien Baker (1846-1907) — of Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kan. Born in Fulton County, Ohio, June 8, 1846. Brother of John Harris Baker; uncle of Francis Elisha Baker. Republican. Lawyer; member of Kansas state senate, 1893-95; U.S. Senator from Kansas, 1895-1901. Died in Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kan., June 21, 1907 (age 61 years, 13 days). Interment at Mt. Muncie Cemetery, Leavenworth, Kan.

See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

Francis Elisha Baker (1860-1924) — of Goshen, Elkhart County, Ind. Born in Goshen, Elkhart County, Ind., October 20, 1860. Son of John Harris Baker and Harriet (Defrees) Baker; nephew of Lucien Baker; married, February 21, 1888, to May Irwin. Lawyer; justice of Indiana state supreme court, 1899-1902; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1902-24; died in office 1924. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died, from endocarditis, March 15, 1924 (age 63 years, 147 days). Interment somewhere in Goshen, Ind.

		See also federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article
		Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, January 1902

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