Waller Saunders Baker
Full Name: Waller Saunders Baker
Date of birth: March 30, 1855
Date of death: September 9, 1913
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Terms of Service top
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Legislatures |
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22
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Apr 16, 1888 - Jan 8, 1889
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20th
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Democrat
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Waco / McLennan
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Falls, McLennan
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Waller S. Baker, in special election 6/4/1887, sworn 4/16/1888, succeeded Richard H. Harrison, resigned 4/20/1887.
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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Biographical Sketches |
BAKER, WALLER SAUNDERS (1855-1913). Chairman of the Democratic executive committee for McLennan County in 1884; delegate to the Democratic convention in Houston in 1892.
Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch and portrait, Waller Saunders Baker, pp. 224-234. Born 3/30/1856 in Lexington, Kentucky, graduated from Baylor University, married Mary H. Mills in 1886, died 8/8/1913 in San Francisco, California.
Texas, the Country and Its Men: Historical, Biographical, Descriptive, 1918.
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Other Resources |
Waller S. Baker (1856-1913), burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, McLennan County.
Find a Grave.
Mentioned as law partner of PRENDERGAST, ALBERT COLLINS (1853-1922).
Handbook of Texas Online.
Waller S. Baker of McLennan listed in Democratic State Convention in Lampasas, June 7-8, 1892 (Presidential Elector), p. 310; Chairman of "State Executive Committee," Democratic State Convention in Houston, August 16-18, 1892, p. 322; Chairman of Democratic Harmong Meeting, in Dallas, March 19-20, 1894, pp. 330-331; as in Democratic State Convention, 1904, Committee on Platforms and Resolutions, p. 465.
Platforms of Political Parties in Texas, 1916.
Obituary, Waller S. Baker, The Austin Statesman, 9/11/1913, p. 1.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Memorial, "Bar Association Meets to Eulogize W.S. Baker," 9/13/1913, p. 8.
Waco Morning News.
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Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
20th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber vestibule, west wall. 2E.V1). State Preservation Board.
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