Caleb Baker was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from New York

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Born in Providence, Rhode Island

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, Baker moved to New York in 1790 and resided in the towns of Chemung

Chemung, New York

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, Ashland

Ashland, Chemung County, New York

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, and Newtown (now Elmira

Elmira, New York

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), Tioga County

Tioga County, New York

As of the census of 2010, there were 51,125 people residing in the county, with 22,203 housing units, of these 20,350 occupied, 1,853 vacant. The population density was 98 people per square mile...

, from 1790 to 1836, and in Southport

Southport, New York

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, Chemung County

Chemung County, New York

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, from 1836 until his death. He studied law, was admitted to the bar

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 and practiced.

Baker served as assessor

Assessor (property)

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 of the town of Chemung in 1791. He taught school in Wellsburg

Wellsburg, New York

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, Chemung County, in 1803 and 1804. He was appointed surrogate

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 of Tioga County on April 7, 1806, April 13, 1825, and again in 1829. He was appointed judge of the Court of Common Pleas

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 in 1810. He served as member of the New York State Assembly

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 in 1814, 1815, and again in 1829. He was a Justice of the Peace

Justice of the Peace

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 of the town of Chemung in 1816.

Baker was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Sixteenth Congress

16th United States Congress

-House of Representatives:During this congress, one House seat was added for the new state of Alabama and one seat was reapportioned from Massachusetts to the new state of Maine. For the beginning of the next congress, six more seats from Massachusetts would be reapportioned to...

 (March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821). He died in Southport (now a part of Elmira), Chemung County, New York

Chemung County, New York

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, June 26, 1849. He was interred in Fitzsimmons Cemetery.