Terms of Service

• House, 17th ^{(1) (6) (7)} Legislature
  1/11/1881 - 8/30/1882
  Democrat
  
• House, 16th ^{(2) (4) (5) (8)} Legislature
  1/14/1879 - 1/11/1881
  Democrat
  
• House, 15th ⁽³⁾ Legislature
  4/18/1876 - 1/14/1879
  Democrat
  

(1) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News .
(2) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News .
(3) Mentioned in "The news from Austin . . . Resignations of Representative Barziza and four others accepted after critical debate . . . Hunter restored to his seat . . . Other resignations not improbable," Thursday, 8/3/1876, p. 1. Galveston Daily News .
(4) "Baker represented Rusk, Panola, and Shelby counties in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth legislatures at Austin." [District 9.] Handbook of Texas Online .
(5) District 9 - B.M. Baker, District 8 - F.L. Johnston, 1/14/1879, p. 5. House Journal .
(6) Baker resigned 8/30/1882. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(7) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas 1881.
(8) Bio states Baker represented Panola and Shelby counties [District 8] and F.L. Johnston represented Rusk, Panola, and Shelby counties [District 9]. Roster lists both Baker and Johnston as representing District 9. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80 1879.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

• Presentation of cane to Speaker from members of the House of Representatives, 15th Legislature, 8/21/1876, pp. 992-995. House Journal .

Photographs

• Photograph. B.M. Baker, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. B.M. Baker, Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Other Resources

• Biographical sketch, Judge Benjamin M. Baker, Volume I, pp. 289-290. Born at Girard, Alabama, in 1851. A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of North and West Texas 1906.
• BAKER, BENJAMIN M. (1850-1918). Handbook of Texas Online .
• Confederate States Army, Lieutenant Colonel, 6th Alabama Infantry. Handbook of Texas Online .
• Biographical sketch, B.M. Baker (Benjamin Marbry Baker), pp. 70-71. Birth date 1/20/1851. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature 1885.
• Biographical sketch, pp. 67-68. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878 1876.
• Biographical sketch, p. 254. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80 1879.
• Biographical sketch, Benjamin Marbry Baker, p. 235. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83 1883.

Committee Information

• 17th R.S. - 1881
• Finance (Chair) 
• Institute for the Blind  
• Judiciary No. 2  
• Penitentiaries  
• Rules  
• Senatorial and Representative Districts  
• 16th R.S. - 1879
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Division of Committee Rooms  
• Federal Relations  
• Finance  
• Judiciary No. 1  
• Land Forgeries  
• Land Frauds  
• Penitentiaries, Subcommittee on (Co-Chair) 
• Penitentiary (Chair) 
• Private Land Claims  
• Privileges and Elections  
• Public Debt  
• Revised Civil Code, Select  
• 15th R.S. - 1876
• Capitol Grounds, Investigation of Superintendent F. Voigt  
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Engrossed Bills  
• Judiciary No. 1  
• Privileges and Elections  
• Roads, Bridges and Ferries  
• State Asylums  
• Treasury Mileage Payments to House and Senate (Chair)