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Benjamin Marbry Baker
Full Name: Benjamin Marbry Baker
Date of birth: January 20, 1850
Date of death: May 21, 1918
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Terms of Service top
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Chamber |
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
Party |
City/County |
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Counties in District |
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9
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Jan 11, 1881 - Aug 30, 1882
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17th
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(2)
(3)
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Democrat
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Carthage / Panola
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Panola, Rusk, Shelby
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H
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9
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Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881
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16th
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(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
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Democrat
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Carthage / Panola
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Panola, Rusk, Shelby
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H
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9
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Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 14, 1879
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15th
(9)
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Democrat
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Carthage / Panola
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Panola, Rusk, Shelby
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(1)
Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2.
Galveston Daily News.
(2)
Baker resigned 8/30/1882.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3)
Democrat.
Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.
(4)
"Baker represented Rusk, Panola, and Shelby counties in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth legislatures," [District 9.]
Handbook of Texas Online.
(5)
Baker's district 9, F.L. Johnston's district 8.
House Journal.
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Baker's district 9, F.L. Johnston's district 8.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(7)
Bio states Baker represented Panola and Shelby counties [District 8] and F.L. Johnston represented Rusk, Panola, and Shelby counties [District 9]. Roster lists both Baker and Johnston as representing District 9.
Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
(8)
Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1.
Galveston Daily News.
(9)
Mentioned in "The news from Austin . . . Resignations of Representative Barziza and four others accepted after critical debate . . . Hunter restored to his seat . . . Other resignations not improbable," Thursday, 8/3/1876, p. 1.
Galveston Daily News.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Resolutions and Journal entries |
Presentation of cane to Speaker from members of the House of Representatives, 15th Legislature, 8/21/1876, pp. 992-995.
House Journal.
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Biographical Sketches |
Biographical sketch, p. 70. Birth date 1/20/1851.
Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885.
Biographical sketch, pp. 67-68.
Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876.
Biographical sketch, p. 254.
Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
Biographical sketch, Benjamin Marbry Baker, p. 235.
Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.
Biographical sketch, Volume I, pp. 289-290. Born at Girard, Alabama, in 1851.
A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of North and West Texas, 1906.
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Other Resources |
BAKER, BENJAMIN M. (1850-1918).
Handbook of Texas Online.
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Photographs |
Photograph.
Benjamin M. Baker, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph.
Benjamin M. Baker, 17th Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
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Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
15th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
17th session composite photo of House members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
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