Edward Baker | |
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United States Senator from Oregon | |
In office October 2, 1860 – October 21, 1861 | |
Preceded by | Delazon Smith |
Succeeded by | Benjamin Stark |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois | |
In office March 4, 1845 – January 15, 1847 | |
Preceded by | John J. Hardin |
Succeeded by | John Henry |
Constituency | 7th district |
In office March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 | |
Preceded by | Thomas J. Turner |
Succeeded by | Thompson Campbell |
Constituency | 6th district |
Member of the Illinois Senate | |
In office 1840–1844 | |
Member of the Illinois House of Representatives | |
In office 1837–1840 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Edward Dickinson Baker February 24, 1811 London, England, UK |
Died | October 21, 1861 Ball's Bluff, Virginia | (aged 50)
Political party | Whig (before 1854) Free Soil (1854–1859) Republican (1859–1861) |
Spouse | Mary Lee |
Children | 5 |
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Military service | |
Allegiance | United States • Union |
Branch/service | United States Army • Union Army |
Years of service | 1846–1847 1861 |
Rank | Colonel |
Commands | 4th Illinois Infantry 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division 3rd Volunteer Division (temporary) 71st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment Philadelphia Brigade |
Battles/wars | Mexican–American War • Battle of Cerro Gordo American Civil War • Battle of Ball's Bluff † |
Edward Dickinson Baker (February 24, 1811 – October 21, 1861) was an American politician, lawyer, and US army officer. In his political career, Baker served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois and later as a U.S. Senator from Oregon. He was also known as an orator and poet.[1] A long-time close friend of the President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, Baker served as U.S. Army colonel during both the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War. Baker was killed in the Battle of Ball's Bluff while leading a Union Army regiment, becoming the only sitting U.S. senator ever to be killed in a military engagement.
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