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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseyJacob Thompson BAKER
(1847-1919)
BAKER, Jacob Thompson, a
Representative from New Jersey; born near Cowan, Union County, Pa.,
April 13, 1847; attended the public schools and Bucknell
University, Lewisburg, Pa.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in
1870 and commenced practice in Lewisburg, Pa.; chairman of the
Democratic State convention in 1905; moved to New Jersey and was
one of the founders of Wildwood and the borough of Wildwood Crest;
first mayor of the consolidated city of Wildwood in 1911 and 1912;
delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1912; elected as
a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress (March 4, 1913-March 3,
1915); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to the
Sixty-fourth Congress; resumed real-estate activities in Wildwood,
N.J.; died in Philadelphia, Pa., December 7, 1919; interment in
Cold Spring Cemetery, Cold Spring, Cape May County, N.J.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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