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Waller S. 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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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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Mentioned as law partner of PRENDERGAST, ALBERT COLLINS (1853-1922).
Handbook of Texas Online.
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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.
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.
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| Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
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20th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber vestibule, west wall. 2E.V1). State Preservation Board.
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