Charles Minton Baker

Charles Minton Baker (October 18, 1804 – February 5, 1872) was an American politician from New York and Wisconsin.

The Honorable

Charles M. Baker
Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge
for the 1st Circuit
In office
March 1856 – April 1856
Appointed byWilliam A. Barstow
Preceded byJames Rood Doolittle
Succeeded byJames M. Keep
Member of the Council
of the Wisconsin Territory
from Rock and Walworth Counties
In office
December 5, 1842 – January 4, 1847
Serving with Edward V. Whiton
Succeeded byPosition Abolished
Personal details
Born(1804-10-18)October 18, 1804
New York, New York, U.S.
DiedFebruary 5, 1872(1872-02-05) (aged 67)
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, U.S.
Resting placeOak Hill Cemetery
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
Spouse(s)
Martha Washington (Larrabee) Baker
​
(
m. 1830; died 1843)

Eliza (Holt) Baker
ChildrenMary Louise Baker (Browne)
(b. 1831; died 1895)
Charles Henry Baker
(b. 1834; died 1918)
Edward Larrabee Baker
(b. 1836; died 1891)
Robert Hall Baker
(b. 1839; died 1882)
Henry Baker
(b. 1841; died 1842)
Martha Ellen Baker
(b. 1843; died 1843)
MotherElizabeth (Price) Baker
FatherJames Baker
Professionlawyer

Biography

The son of James and Elizabeth Price Baker, he was born in New York City but quickly moved with his family to Addison County, Vermont. In 1822, he entered Middlebury College, but had to leave without completing his first year due to health problems. In the fall 1823, he became a teaching assistant at a girls' school in Philadelphia, where he stayed for two years.

In 1826, he moved to Troy, New York, and began studying law under Samuel G. Huntington. He was admitted to the New York bar in 1830, and entered a law partnership with Henry W. Strong. His health failed again in 1834 and he returned to Vermont.[1]

In 1838, Baker moved to the Wisconsin Territory, where he settled near Lake Geneva, in Walworth County. He was appointed district attorney for the county in 1839. He served on the Wisconsin Territorial Council from 1842 through 1846, and was a delegate to the first Wisconsin Constitutional Convention in 1846.[1]

After Wisconsin became a state, in 1848, he was appointed by the new governor, Nelson Dewey, as one of three commissioners to revise and codify the laws of the state of Wisconsin. And, in 1849, the legislature appointed him to manage the printing of the code at Albany, New York.[1]

He served briefly as a Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge, when he was appointed in March 1856 to finish the last few weeks of the term of Judge James Rood Doolittle, who had resigned.[2] During the American Civil War, he served as a Judge Advocate under Provost Marshal I. N. Bean, in the Wisconsin 1st district.[1]

Personal life and family

Baker married his first wife, Martha Washington Larrabee, September 6, 1830, while he was living in Troy, New York. They had six children before her death in 1843, though only four survived to adulthood. Baker later married Eliza Holt, who survived him.

His son Robert Hall Baker was also a prominent 19th century Wisconsin politician.

Charles Milton Baker died at his home in Geneva, Wisconsin, in January 1873.[1]

Notes
  1. Reed, Parker McCobb (1882). The Bench and Bar of Wisconsin. P. M. Reed. pp. 110–113. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
  2. "Baker, Charles Minton 1804–1872". Dictionary of Wisconsin History. Wisconsin Historical Society. Archived from the original on November 7, 2012.



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