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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | J. Thompson Baker |
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Cold Spring, New Jersey , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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April 13, 1847
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| Died | December 07, 1919
(72 years)
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| Contributor | RBH |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | BAKER, Jacob Thompson, a Representative from New Jersey; born near Cowan, Union County, Pa., April 13, 1847; attended the public schools and Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pa.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1870 and commenced practice in Lewisburg, Pa.; chairman of the Democratic State convention in 1905; moved to New Jersey and was one of the founders of Wildwood and the borough of Wildwood Crest; first mayor of the consolidated city of Wildwood in 1911 and 1912; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1912; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1915); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress; resumed real-estate activities in Wildwood, N.J.; died in Philadelphia, Pa., December 7, 1919; interment in Cold Spring Cemetery, Cold Spring, Cape May County, N.J.
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