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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 |
Note |
Counties in District |
H
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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)
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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
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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)
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.
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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 |
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.
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Military Service Notes |
Confederate States Army, Lieutenant Colonel, 6th Alabama Infantry.
Handbook of Texas Online.
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Photographs |
Photograph.
B.M. Baker, 17th Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Photograph.
B.M. Baker, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board
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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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