Charles S. Baker

Charles Simeon Baker ( born February 18, 1839 in Churchville, Monroe County, New York, † April 21, 1902 in Washington DC ) was an American politician. Between 1885 and 1891 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Charles Baker attended the common schools and the Cary Collegiate Institute in Oakfield and the New York Seminary in Lima. Then he taught himself for some time as a teacher. After studying law and its made ​​in December 1860 admitted to the bar he began working in Rochester in this profession. At the beginning of the Civil War Baker took over as first lieutenant in the army of the Union in the war. At the First Battle of Bull Run he was wounded in July 1861. He then had he honorably acknowledge the military service. Politically, he joined the Republican Party. Between 1879 and 1882 he sat as an MP in the New York State Assembly; in the years 1884 and 1885 he was a member of the State Senate.

In the congressional elections of 1884 Baker was elected in the 30th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he succeeded the Democrats Halbert S. Greenleaf on March 4, 1885. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1891 three legislative periods. Since 1889 he was Chairman of the Trade Committee.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Charles Baker practiced as a lawyer again. He died on 21 April 1902 in the German capital Washington and was buried in Rochester.