J. Thompson Baker

Infobox Congressman
name = Jacob Thompson Baker


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state = New Jersey
district = 2nd
party = Democrat
term = March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915
preceded = John J. Gardner
succeeded = Isaac Bacharach
date of birth = April 13, 1847
place of birth = Cowan, Pennsylvania
date of death = December 7, 1919
place of death = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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profession = Politician
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Jacob Thompson Baker (April 13, 1847, Cowan, Pennsylvania - December 7, 1919, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey who represented the 2nd congressional district from 1913 to 1915.

Baker was born near Cowan, Pennsylvania (Union County) on April 13, 1847. He attended the public schools and Bucknell University. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1870 and commenced practice in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. He was chairman of the Democratic State convention in 1905. Baker moved to New Jersey and was one of the founders of Wildwood and the borough of Wildwood Crest. He was the first mayor of the consolidated city of Wildwood in 1911 and 1912, and was a delegate to the 1912 Democratic National Convention.

Baker was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress, serving in office from March 4, 1913 to March 3, 1915, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress.

After leaving Congress, he resumed real-estate activities in Wildwood. Baker died in Philadelphia on December 7, 1919, and was interred in Cold Spring Presbyterian Cemetery in Cape May, New Jersey.

External links

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* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baker5.html#R9M0IOH34 Jacob Thompson Baker] at The Political Graveyard
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6939817 Jacob Thompson Baker] at Find A Grave