Lucien Baker

Lucien Baker ( * June 8, 1846 in Cleveland, Ohio, † June 21, 1907 in Leavenworth, Kansas ) was an American politician ( Republican), who represented the State of Kansas 1895-1901 in the U.S. Senate.

The Ohio-born Lucien Baker moved early with his parents to Michigan, where the family settled in Morenci. He attended public schools, received his college degree in Adrian and put his law degree at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor from. In 1868 he was admitted to the bar, after which he moved to Kansas and Leavenworth started practicing as a lawyer. From 1872 to 1874 he was a trial lawyer in the city.

Politically, Baker has been active in 1893, when he entered the Senate of Kansas, where he remained until 1895. On March 4 of this year, he joined the U.S. Senate in Washington and followed there on the Democrat John Martin. After a six -year term his party no longer put it on for re-election; the nomination went to the later victorious in the choice Joseph R. Burton, whom he had beaten in 1895 still scarce. During his time in the Senate, he served as Chairman of the Committee on the Public Service.

Lucien Baker retired after from politics and again worked as a lawyer in Leavenworth, where he died in 1907. His older brother John was also a politician and sat from 1875 to 1881 for Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives.