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| Affiliation | Populist |
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| Name | William Baker |
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Lincoln, Kansas , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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April 29, 1831
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| Died | February 11, 1910
(78 years)
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | BAKER, William, a Representative from Kansas; born near Centerville, Washington County, Pa., April 29, 1831; attended the public schools and was graduated from the Waynesboro College in 1856; taught school; moved to Iowa in 1859 and became principal of the public schools in Council Bluffs; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1860 but never practiced; returned to Bealsville, Washington County, Pa., in 1865; engaged in mercantile pursuits 1865-1878; moved to Lincoln County, Kans., in 1878; engaged in agricultural pursuits and stock raising; elected as a Populist to the Fifty-second, Fifty-third, and Fifty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1897); was not a candidate for renomination in 1896; resumed agricultural pursuits; died in Lincoln, Kans., February 11, 1910; interment in Lincoln Center Cemetery.
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