William Henry Baker was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from New York

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Born in Lenox, New York

Lenox, New York

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, Baker moved with his parents to Oswego County in 1829.
He attended the common schools and Red Creek and Mexico Academies.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar

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 in Syracuse, New York

Syracuse, New York

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, in November 1851 and commenced practice in Cleveland, New York

Cleveland, New York

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He moved to Constantia, New York, in 1853.
He served as district attorney for Oswego County from January 1863 to January 1870.

Baker was elected as a Republican

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 to the Forty-fourth

44th United States Congress

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 and Forty-fifth

45th United States Congress

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 Congresses (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1879).
He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1878.
He served as delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1884.
He engaged in agricultural pursuits.
He died in Constantia, New York, November 25, 1911.
He was interred in Trinity Church Cemetery

Trinity Church (Constantia, New York)

Trinity Church is a historic Episcopal church located at Constantia in Oswego County, New York. It is a small frame vernacular Federal style structure completed in 1831-1834. The last record of it having been painted is 1851. Also on the property is a cemetery with most gravestones dating to the...

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External links

• William H. Baker at Find-A-Grave