Lucien Baker

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Lucien Baker (June 8, 1846 - June 21, 1907) was a United States Senator from Kansas.

Born near Cleveland, Ohio on June 8, 1846, he moved with his parents to Morenci, Michigan. There he attended the public schools and graduated from Adrian College, Michigan and from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

He was admitted to the bar in 1868 and commenced practice in Leavenworth, Kansas in 1869. From 1872 to 1874, he was a city attorney of Leavenworth.

From 1893 to 1895, he was a member of the State Senate and was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate. He served from March 4, 1895 to March 3, 1901 but was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination.

He was the chairman of the Committee on Civil Service and Retrenchment (Fifty-sixth Congress)

Afterward his term in the Senate, he resumed the practice of law in Leavenworth, where he died on June 21, 1907; he is interred in Mount Muncie Cemetery.

He was the brother of John Harris Baker.

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This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Preceded by John Martin

United States Senator (Class 2) from Kansas 1895–1901 Served alongside: William A. Peffer, William A. Harris

Succeeded by Joseph R. Burton