Thomas H. Baker

Full Name: Thomas H. Baker
Date of birth: 1817
Date of death: March 1, 1883

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Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	27	Feb 8, 1870 - Jan 13, 1874	12th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ 13th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Radical Republican	Lockhart / Caldwell		Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe

(1) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act passed Apr. 24, 1873 [presented to Governor May 1, 1873 and became law without his signature], 13th Legislature, R.S., ch. 35, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(2) Republican. Directory of the Members of the Thirteenth Legislature of the State of Texas, 1873.
(3) "Returning radicals [to the 13th Legislature] were Thomas H. Baker, Webster Flanagan, S.W. Ford, Albert J. Fountain, Matthew Gaines, Phidello W. Hall, Henry Rawson, George T. Ruby, William A. Saylor, and Robert P. Tendick," p. 145. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.
(4) 12th Legislature - "Senator Thomas H. Baker of Lockhart . . . begain as a Radical, then shifted to liberal Repubican," p. 89. The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.
(5) 12th Legislature, 1st C.S. - Drawing for Terms of Office, 5/2/1870, pp. 51-52. Drew 6-year term. Senate Journal.
(6) Party affiliation, Radical. Roster of members, 12th Legislature, 1870. Texas Almanac for . . . and Emigrant's Guide to Texas.

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Senate District 27
Feb 8, 1870 - Jan 13, 1874
Legislatures: 12th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ 13th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾
Party: Radical Republican
Home City/County: Lockhart / Caldwell
Counties in district: Caldwell, Gonzales, Guadalupe

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Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, p. 89. Baker "began as a Radical, then shifted to liberal Republican . . . married twice, first to Margaret S. Baker, a local landowner, and then to Adelaide Porter Baker . . . resided in Lockhart from December, 1867, to February, 1877, in Eagle Springs from 1877 to 1881, and in McGregor from 1881 until death on March 1, 1883." The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.

Other Resources

Thomas H. Baker, Lockhart, Caldwell County, born in Tennessee, farmer, age 56 (born ca. 1817). Directory of the Members of the Thirteenth Legislature of the State of Texas, 1873.
Census of 1860 - Thos. H. Baker, Lockhart, Caldwell County, age 43, born circa 1817 in Tennessee, merchant.
Census of 1870 - Thos. H. Baker, Lockhart, Caldwell, age 52, born circa 1818 in Tennessee, Senator.
Census of 1880 - Thomas H. Baker, Coryell County, age 62, born circa 1818 in Tennessee, merchant. FamilySearch. 1860 1870 1880
Thomas H. Baker (1817-1888), burial in Eagle Springs Cemetery, Oglesby, Coryell County. Find a Grave.

Photographs

Photograph. Thomas H. Baker, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
Photograph. Thomas H. Baker, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
Pictorial Monogram of the State Government of Texas 1873 (DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection). DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs.

Committee Information top

13th R.S. - 1873 Agriculture Constitutional Amendments Counties and County Boundaries Internal Improvements Judge T.C. Barden, 16th Judicial Court Public Buildings Retrenchment and Reform
12th Adjourned - 1871 Agricultural Affairs (Chair) Elections (Chair) Internal Improvements Journal Clerk Privileges and Elections (Chair) Public Debt Stock and Stock Raising Superintendent of Education
12th R.S. - 1871 Agricultural Affairs (Chair) Elections (Chair) Internal Improvements Privileges and Elections (Chair) Public Debt Stock and Stock Raising
12th 1st C.S. - 1870 Agricultural Affairs (Chair) Arrested Senators, Select Elections (Chair) Internal Improvements Privileges and Elections (Chair) Public Debt Stock and Stock Raising
12th Provisional - 1870 Elections (Chair)

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