J. Thompson Baker

Jacob Thompson Baker
Jacob Thompson Baker
	Lewisburg Journal (Lewisburg, PA), August 8, 1913
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from New Jersey's 2nd district
	In office; March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915
Preceded by	John J. Gardner
Succeeded by	Isaac Bacharach
1st Mayor of Wildwood, New Jersey
	In office; 1911–1912
Preceded by	Latimer R. Baker (As mayor of Wildwood Borough)
Succeeded by	Frank E. Smith
Personal details
Born	April 13, 1847; Cowan, Pennsylvania
Died	December 7, 1919 (aged 72); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Political party	Democratic
Profession	Attorney; Real estate developer

Jacob Thompson Baker (April 13, 1847 – December 7, 1919) was an American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey who represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district from 1913 to 1915.

Biography

Baker was born near Cowan, Pennsylvania on April 13, 1847. He attended the public schools and Bucknell University. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1870 and commenced practice in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. He was chairman of the Democratic State convention in 1905. Baker moved to New Jersey and was one of the founders of Wildwood and the borough of Wildwood Crest. He was the first Mayor of Wildwood, New Jersey in 1911 and 1912, and was a delegate to the 1912 Democratic National Convention.

Baker was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third Congress, serving in office from March 4, 1913 to March 3, 1915, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress.

After leaving Congress, he resumed real estate activities in Wildwood. Baker died in Philadelphia on December 7, 1919, and was interred in Cold Spring Presbyterian Cemetery in Cold Spring, New Jersey.

Baker's home, the J. Thompson Baker House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.

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External links

United States Congress. "J. Thompson Baker (id: B000065)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Jacob Thompson Baker at The Political Graveyard
J. Thompson Baker at Find a Grave

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by John J. Gardner	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey's 2nd congressional district March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	Succeeded by Isaac Bacharach

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