Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	9	Jan 11, 1881 - Aug 30, 1882	17th (1) (2) (3)	Democrat	Carthage / Panola		Panola, Rusk, Shelby
H	9	Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881	16th (4) (5) (6) (7)	Democrat	Carthage / Panola		Panola, Rusk, Shelby
H	9	Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 14, 1879	15th (8)	Democrat	Carthage / Panola		Panola, Rusk, Shelby

(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) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(5) "Baker represented Rusk, Panola, and Shelby counties in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth legislatures at Austin." [District 9.] Handbook of Texas Online.
(6) District 9 - B.M. Baker, District 8 - F.L. Johnston, 1/14/1879, p. 5. House Journal.
(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) 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.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

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.

Biographical Sketches

• BAKER, BENJAMIN M. (1850-1918). Handbook of Texas Online.
• Biographical sketch, B.M. Baker (Benjamin Marbry Baker), pp. 70-71. 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, Judge Benjamin M. Baker, Volume I, pp. 289-290. Born at Girard, Alabama, in 1851. A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of North and West Texas, 1906.

Military Service Notes

• Confederate States Army, Lieutenant Colonel, 6th Alabama Infantry. Handbook of Texas Online.

Photographs

• Photograph. B.M. Baker, 17th Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
• Photograph. B.M. Baker, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board

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.

Committee Information top

17th R.S. - 1881 Finance (Chair)  Institute for the Blind   Judiciary No. 2   Penitentiaries   Rules   Senatorial and Representative Districts

16th R.S. - 1879 Constitutional Amendments   Division of Committee Rooms   Federal Relations   Finance   Judiciary No. 1   Land Forgeries   Land Frauds   Penitentiaries, Subcommittee on (Co-Chair)  Penitentiary (Chair)  Private Land Claims   Privileges and Elections   Public Debt   Revised Civil Code, Select

15th R.S. - 1876 Capitol Grounds, Investigation of Superintendent F. Voigt   Constitutional Amendments   Engrossed Bills   Judiciary No. 1   Privileges and Elections   Roads, Bridges and Ferries   State Asylums   Treasury Mileage Payments to House and Senate (Chair)