William Baker (New York politician)
William Baker (April 14, 1795 – November 6, 1871) was an American lawyer and politician.
Life
Baker was born April 14, 1795, in
Speaker in 1846
.
Baker was a member of the
Speaker
in 1834.
On May 25, 1836, he was appointed a
Whig
majority in the State Legislature in February 1840.
After his time in politics, he moved to Utica, where in 1845 he was chosen the first Recorder of the City (i.e. Deputy Mayor and City Judge). He was well known for his expertise in patent law.
Baker died on November 6, 1871, at his home in
Forest Hill Cemetery
in Utica.
Sources
- History of Political Parties in the State of New-York by John Stilwell Jenkins (Alden & Markham, Auburn NY, 1846) [Name incorrectly given as William Baker, Jr.]
- [1] List of Canal Commissioners at Rochester NY History
- [2] Political Graveyard
- Google Books The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin B. Hough (pages 42 and 256; Weed, Parsons & Co., Albany NY, 1858)
- Obituary published in the Utica Weekly Herald on November 14, 1871