Lewis Baker

Infobox Officeholder
name = Lewis Baker


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order = 4th President of the
West Virginia Senate
term_start = 1871
term_end = 1872
predecessor = Daniel D. T. Farnsworth
successor = Carlos A. Sperry
minister_from2 = United States
country2 = Costa Rica
term_start2 = May 20, 1893
term_end2 = December 9, 1897
predecessor2 = Richard Cutts Shannon
successor2 = William L. Merry
president2 = Grover Cleveland
minister_from3 = United States
country3 = El Salvador
term_start3 = May 20, 1893
term_end3 = December 9, 1897
predecessor3 = Richard Cutts Shannon
successor3 = William L. Merry
president3 = Grover Cleveland
minister_from4 = United States
country4 = Nicaragua
term_start4 = May 13, 1893
term_end4 = December 9, 1897
predecessor4 = Richard Cutts Shannon
successor4 = William L. Merry
president4 = Grover Cleveland
birth_date = birth date|1832|11|11
birth_place = Ohio
death_date = 1899
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restingplace = Greenwood Cemetery
Wheeling, West Virginia
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nationality = American
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spouse = Ruth Amanda Fordyce
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children =
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occupation = Journalist
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Lewis Baker (1832–1899) was the Democratic President of the West Virginia Senate from Ohio County and served from 1871 to 1872.

He was born in Ohio in November 11, 1832. In the 1850 US Federal Census, he is listed as an apprentice printer in Perry Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio.

Just before the 1860 census, he married Ruth Amanda Fordyce, daughter of John Fordyce and Ruth Greg. Ruth was born August 12, 1842 in Ohio. In 1860, Lewis and Ruth were living in Cambridge in Guernsey County, Ohio. Lewis' occupation was listed as editor and publisher.

By 1870, Lewis and Ruth were living in Ohio County, West Virginia with their children John, Mary, Harry, Anna, and Jennie. Harry was born in West Virginia in 1865, dating the family's move. Lewis' occupation was listed as journalist.

On June 20, 1863, West Virginia became the 35th state in the Union. The Wheeling Custom House in served as the first state house. Lewis Baker served as a state senator from 1871 to 1872. He was elected president of the Senate on January 17, 1871.

On February 1, 1885 Lewis purchased the "St. Paul Globe" and moved his family to Minnesota.

In 1893 Baker was appointed as the United States Minister to Nicaragua, Costa Rica and El Salvador. He sailed from New York aboard the ship "Costa Rico" on April 29, 1893 with his daughters Anne and Virginia. They arrived in Managua on May 12, 1893 in the midst of a revolution.

Baker died in 1899 and was buried with his wife in Greenwood Cemetery in Wheeling, West Virginia.

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title = President
years = 1871–1872
before = Daniel D. T. Farnsworth
after = Carlos A. Sperrys-bef
before = Richard Cutts Shannon
rows = 3s-ttl
title = United States Minister to Nicaragua
years = May 13, 1893–December 9, 1897s-aft
after = William L. Merry
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title = United States Minister to El Salvador
years = May 20, 1893–December 9, 1897
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title = United States Minister to Costa Rica
years = May 20, 1893–December 9, 1897