John Harris Baker

John Harris Baker (February 28, 1832 - October 21, 1915) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana, brother of Lucien Baker.

Born in Parma Township, New York, Baker moved with his parents to the present county of Fulton, Ohio.He attended the public schools.He taught school.He attended the Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio, two years.He studied law in Adrian, Michigan.He was admitted to the bar in 1857 and commenced practice in Goshen, Indiana.He served as member of the State senate in 1862, but, being a notary public at the time, was unseated because the State constitution forbid the simultaneous holding of two lucrative offices.

Baker was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fourth, Forty-fifth, and Forty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1881).He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1880.He resumed the practice of law in Goshen, Indiana.He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1888.He was appointed judge of the United States District Court for Indiana by President Harrision in 1892 and served until his retirement in 1904. Resided in Goshen, Indiana, until his death on October 21, 1915.He was interred in Oak Ridge Cemetery.

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