Sam Aaron Baker

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Samuel Aaron Baker (November 7, 1874September 16, 1933) was an American teacher and Republican politician from Jefferson City, Missouri. Born in 1874 in Patterson, Missouri, he served Missouri as the state superintendent of schools from 1919 to 1923 and was Governor of Missouri from 1925 until 1933. He died in 1933 in Jefferson City, Missouri, and is buried at the Riverview Cemetery in Jefferson City, Missouri.

Preceded by:
Arthur M. Hyde
Governor of Missouri
1925–1929
Succeeded by:
Henry S. Caulfield