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Benjamin Marbry Baker Full Name: Benjamin Marbry Baker Date of birth: January 20, 1850 Date of death: May 21, 1918 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information 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 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. Other Resources BAKER, BENJAMIN M. (1850-1918). Handbook of Texas Online. Photographs Photograph. Benjamin M. Baker, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Benjamin M. Baker, 17th Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission 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 Informationtop 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)

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