William Benjamin Baker

William Benjamin Baker ( * July 22, 1840 in Aberdeen, Harford County, Maryland, † May 17, 1911 ) was an American politician. Between 1895 and 1901 he represented the state of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Baker attended both public and private schools. After that he worked until 1872 in agriculture. He then worked in the canning industry and in the banking industry. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career. He was a delegate to various regional party conferences of the Republicans. In 1881 he sat in the House of Maryland; in 1893 he was a member of the State Senate.

In the congressional elections of 1894 Baker was in the second electoral district of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Joshua Talbott on March 4, 1895. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1901 three legislative periods. In 1900 he gave up another candidacy. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Baker worked again in the canning industry. He died on 17 May 1911 in Aberdeen.

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