A.L. Baker

Allen Lewis Baker

Full Name: Allen Lewis Baker
Date of birth: December 20, 1873
Date of death: July 3, 1954

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Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 79 Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935 43rd (1)   Democrat Stockdale / Wilson   Karnes, Wilson
H 79 Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933 42nd   Democrat Stockdale / Wilson   Karnes, Wilson

(1) Stock farmer. Questionnaire on name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, and relationship to persons in state or county government. 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal.

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House District 79
Jan 10, 1933 - Jan 8, 1935
Legislatures: 43rd (1)  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Stockdale / Wilson
Counties in district: Karnes, Wilson
House District 79
Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933
Legislatures: 42nd  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Stockdale / Wilson
Counties in district: Karnes, Wilson

(1) Stock farmer. Questionnaire on name, postoffice, occupation, association membership, and relationship to persons in state or county government. 10/11/1933, pp. 588-601. House Journal.

Biographical Information top

Other Resources

  • Allen Lewis Baker. Estates of father John R. Baker and mother Avis Emory Baker, Probate Minutes, Wilson County, Vol H-I, 1898-1907. Texas, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1833-1974. Ancestry.com.
  • Allen L. Baker, birth date 12/20/1873 in Texas; death date 7/3/1954 in Gonzales, Gonzales County; retired farmer; father John Reagan Baker, mother Mary Brown. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
  • Allen Lewis Baker, birth date 12/20/1873; permanent home address in Fort Worth, Tarrant County; farmer, state secretary farmers union; draft registration 9/12/1918 in Fort Worth, Tarrant County. FamilySearch United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.
  • Allen Baker, birth date 12/20/1873, death date 7/3/1954, burial in Stockdale Cemetery, Stockdale, Wilson County. Find a Grave.
  • Son of JOHN REAGAN BAKER (1809-1904), Republic of Texas soldier. Handbook of Texas Online.
  • A.L. Baker, Democrat, farmer and ranchman, age 58 in 1933. Legislative Reference Library Card File.
  • Biographical sketch of father John Reagan Baker, "Notes and Fragments of the Mier Expedition: Captain John Reagan Baker," La Grange Journal, 2/22/1940, p. 2, crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives. "Much of the information to follow has been furnished by this youngest and only living son of our hero. He is the Hon. Allen Lewis Baker" (of Stockdale, Wilson County, Texas). Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
  • Mentioned in preview of 44th Legislature and discussion of legislative turnover, "Texas House Gets 80 New Members," 10/15/1934, p. 14. San Antonio Express.
  • Obituary, Allen Baker, Stockdale, 7/6/1954, p. 5A. San Antonio Express.

Photographs

  • Photograph. A.L. Baker, 43rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
  • Photograph. A.L. Baker, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

43rd R.S. - 1933
Agriculture  
Common Carriers  
Conservation and Reclamation (Chair) 
Game and Fisheries  
Highways and Motor Traffic  
Livestock and Stock Raising  
42nd R.S. - 1931
Agriculture  
Liquor Traffic  
Live Stock and Stock Raising  
Municipal and Private Corporations  

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