Stephen Baker (New York)

For other people named Stephen Baker, see Stephen Baker (disambiguation).

Stephen Baker (August 12, 1819 – June 9, 1875) was a U.S. Representative from New York during the American Civil War.

Biography

Baker was born in New York City, New York and attended the common schools. He engaged as importer of woolen goods. He moved to Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1850.

Baker was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863). Abandoned active business pursuits and lived in retirement until his death, while en route to California for his health, on a train near Ogden, Utah, June 9, 1875. He was interred in the Rural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, New York.

His son, also named Stephen Baker, was the President and Chairman of the Board of the Bank of the Manhattan Company, the earliest predecessor of Chase Bank, and an associate of John D. Rockefeller Jr..

References

Stephen Baker (New York) at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2009-04-29

External links

"Stephen Baker (New York)". Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6942225. Retrieved 2009-04-29.

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by [[]]	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York ? – ?	Succeeded by [[]]

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Persondata
Name	Baker, Stephen
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	August 12, 1819
Place of birth	New York City, New York
Date of death	June 9, 1875
Place of death	Ogden, Utah