Benjamin Marbry Baker

Full Name: Benjamin Marbry Baker
Date of birth: January 20, 1850
Date of death: May 21, 1918

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	9	Jan 11, 1881 - Aug 30, 1882	17th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Carthage / Panola	Panola, Rusk, Shelby
H	9	Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881	16th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾	Democrat	Carthage / Panola	Panola, Rusk, Shelby
H	9	Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 14, 1879	15th ⁽⁸⁾	Democrat	Carthage / Panola	Panola, Rusk, Shelby

(1) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
(2) Baker resigned 8/30/1882. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.
(4) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(5) "Baker represented Rusk, Panola, and Shelby counties in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth legislatures at Austin." [District 9.] Handbook of Texas Online.
(6) District 9 - B.M. Baker, District 8 - F.L. Johnston, 1/14/1879, p. 5. House Journal.
(7) 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.
(8) 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.

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House District 9
Jan 11, 1881 - Aug 30, 1882
Legislatures: 17th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Carthage / Panola
Counties in district: Panola, Rusk, Shelby

House District 9
Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881
Legislatures: 16th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Carthage / Panola
Counties in district: Panola, Rusk, Shelby

House District 9
Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 14, 1879
Legislatures: 15th ⁽⁸⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Carthage / Panola
Counties in district: Panola, Rusk, Shelby

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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.

Biographical Sketches

BAKER, BENJAMIN M. (1850-1918). 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.
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.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, Lieutenant Colonel, 6th Alabama Infantry. Handbook of Texas Online.

Photographs

Photograph. B.M. Baker, 17th Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Photograph. B.M. Baker, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

15th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
17th session composite photo of House members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Committee Information top

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)

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