Frank D. Baker was a Michigan politician. He was an active member in the Odd Fellows, Masons, and Knights of the Maccabees.

Early life

Born near Biddeford

Bideford

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, Devon

Devon

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shire, England

England

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 on October 10, 1852, Frank D. Baker came to Flint, Michigan

Flint, Michigan

Flint is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is located along the Flint River, northwest of Detroit. The U.S. Census Bureau reports the 2010 population to be placed at 102,434, making Flint the seventh largest city in Michigan. It is the county seat of Genesee County which lies in the...

 by the way of Quebec, Canada in 1856. He graduated from Flint High School in 1872. He then taught school for a while with a one year stint in La Grange, Illinois

La Grange, Illinois

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. Attending the University of Michigan, he first majored in Literary then after a year switch to the Medicine school in 1877. After graduating in 1880, he set up a practice in Tuscola County, Michigan

Tuscola County, Michigan

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 then for a short time in Edwardsville, Illinois

Edwardsville, Illinois

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. Returning to the area in 1881, Baker bought a farm in Clayton Township

Clayton Township, Genesee County, Michigan

-Government:Clayton has a Supervisor-Board style township government with elected supervisor, clerk, treasurer and four trustees.The township and Swartz Creek cooperate in operating the Swartz Creek Area Fire Department,...

 and started the pharmaceutical firm of Miller & Baker. In 1989 the drug business was sold. He also was involved in the real estate business.

Political life

Baker was elected as an Alderman then as the Mayor

Mayor

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 of the City of Flint

Flint, Michigan

Flint is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is located along the Flint River, northwest of Detroit. The U.S. Census Bureau reports the 2010 population to be placed at 102,434, making Flint the seventh largest city in Michigan. It is the county seat of Genesee County which lies in the...

 in 1889 for a single 1 year term. Then he was elected Sherriff of Genesee County in 1891.

Post-political life

Passing away June 6, 1927, he was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Grand Blanc.