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Andrew Jackson Baker Full Name: Andrew Jackson Baker Date of birth: September 4, 1842 Date of death: June 20, 1912 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 80 Jan 13, 1891 - Jan 10, 1893 22nd (1)   Democrat San Angelo / Tom Green   Crockett, Edwards, El Paso, Menard, Pecos, Presidio, Tom Green (1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches BAKER, ANDREW JACKSON (1842-1912). Birth date 9/4/1942 in Granada, Mississippi; death date 6/21/1912 in Los Angeles, California. Also served in Mississippi Legislature after the Civil War. Handbook of Texas Online. Obituary and photo, Col. Andrew Jackson Baker, "Col. A.J. Baker Is Laid to Rest," San Antonio Express, 6/25/1912, p. 3, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Death date Thursday night, 6/20/1912, in Los Angeles. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). Biographical sketch, A.J. Baker, Commissioner of the General Land Office, p. 13. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897. Military Service Notes Confederate States Army, Captain; Private, Company A, 11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment. Andrew Jackson Baker, living in San Angelo 1910, attended University of Mississippi, class of 1864; postwar: Mississippi state legislature; trustee, University of Mississippi; commissioner, General Land Office, Austin, Texas; Texas state legislator. U.S., Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865. Ancestry.com. Other Resources Andrew Jackson Baker, age 69, born circa 1843 in Mississippi, death date 6/20/1912 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, father Jesse R. Baker, mother Martha Galbert. FamilySearch. California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994. Andrew J. Baker, birth date 9/4/1842, death date 6/20/1912, burial in Fairmount Cemetery, San Angelo, Tom Green County. Find a Grave. Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 22nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, north wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 22nd R.S. - 1891 Congress of the Western and Southwestern States and Territories, Attend   Counties and County Boundaries   Education   Irrigation   Jefferson Davis   Judiciary No. 1   Mining and Minerals (Chair)  Privileges and Elections (Chair)  Public Lands and Land Office   Representation and Apportionment on Senatorial and Representative Districts

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