# Caleb Baker

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{{Short description|American politician}}
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| name            = Caleb Baker
| image           =
| state1          = [New York](/source/New_York_(state))
| district1       = [20th](/source/New_York's_20th_congressional_district)
| term_start1     = March 4, 1819
| term_end1       = March 3, 1821 <br>with [Jonathan Richmond](/source/Jonathan_Richmond)
| preceded1       = [Daniel Cruger](/source/Daniel_Cruger), <br>[Oliver C. Comstock](/source/Oliver_C._Comstock)
| succeeded1      = [David Woodcock](/source/David_Woodcock), <br>[William B. Rochester](/source/William_B._Rochester)
| state_assembly2 = New York
| district2       = Tioga
| term_start2     = January 1, 1814
| term_end2       = December 31, 1815
| preceded2       = [Jabez Beers](/source/Jabez_Beers)
| succeeded2      = [Gamaliel H. Barstow](/source/Gamaliel_H._Barstow)
| term_start3     = January 1, 1829
| term_end3       = December 31, 1829
| preceded3       = William Maxwell
| succeeded3      = [John G. McDowell](/source/John_G._McDowell)
| birth_date      = {{birth date text|1762}}
| death_date      = {{death date and age|1849|6|26|1762}}
| birth_place     = [Providence](/source/Providence%2C_Rhode_Island), [Rhode Island Colony](/source/Colony_of_Rhode_Island_and_Providence_Plantations), [British America](/source/British_America)
| death_place     = [Southport](/source/Southport%2C_New_York), [New York](/source/New_York_(state)), U.S. (now a part of [Elmira](/source/Elmira%2C_New_York))
| citizenship     = {{US}}
| spouse          = Sarah Stull Baker
| children        = {{ubl
 | Brockholst L Baker
 | Ruth M Baker Hamilton
}}
| profession      = {{ubl
 | lawyer
 | judge
 | politician
}}
| party           = [Democratic-Republican](/source/Democratic-Republican)
| alma_mater      =  
}}
'''Caleb Baker''' (1762 – June 26, 1849) was an American politician and a [U.S. representative](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) from [New York](/source/New_York_(state)).

==Biography==
Born in [Providence](/source/Providence%2C_Rhode_Island) in the [Rhode Island Colony](/source/Colony_of_Rhode_Island_and_Providence_Plantations), Baker moved to New York in 1790; studied law, was [admitted to the bar](/source/Admission_to_the_bar_in_the_United_States) and began practicing. He married Sarah Stull and they had two children, Brockholst L Baker and Ruth M Baker Hamilton.<ref>{{cite web|title=Caleb Baker|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7741218|publisher=Find A Grave|accessdate=August 12, 2013}}</ref>  He resided in the towns of [Chemung](/source/Chemung%2C_New_York), [Ashland](/source/Ashland%2C_Chemung_County%2C_New_York), and Newtown (now [Elmira](/source/Elmira%2C_New_York)), [Tioga County](/source/Tioga_County%2C_New_York) from 1790 to 1836. These towns are now in Chemung County, due to the partitioning of Tioga County. He moved to and lived in [Southport](/source/Southport%2C_New_York), [Chemung County](/source/Chemung_County%2C_New_York), from 1836 until his death.

==Career==
Baker served as [assessor](/source/Assessor_(property)) of the town of Chemung in 1791.  He taught school in [Wellsburg](/source/Wellsburg%2C_New_York), Chemung County, in 1803 and 1804.  He was appointed [surrogate](/source/New_York_Surrogate's_Court) of Tioga County on April 7, 1806, April 13, 1825, and again in 1829.  He was appointed judge of the [Court of Common Pleas](/source/New_York_Court_of_Common_Pleas) in 1810, and served as member of the [New York State Assembly](/source/New_York_State_Assembly) in 1814, 1815, and again in 1829.  He was a [Justice of the Peace](/source/Justice_of_the_Peace) of the town of Chemung in 1816.<ref>{{cite web|title=Caleb Baker|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000056|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate=August 12, 2013}}</ref>

Elected as a [Democratic-Republican](/source/Democratic-Republican) to the [Sixteenth Congress](/source/16th_United_States_Congress), Baker served as the U. S. representative for the twentieth district of New York from March 4, 1819 to March 3, 1821.<ref>{{cite web|title=Caleb Baker|url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/caleb_baker/401061|publisher=Govtrack US Congress|accessdate=August 12, 2013}}</ref>

==Death==
Baker died in [Southport, New York](/source/Southport%2C_New_York) (now a part of [Elmira](/source/Elmira%2C_New_York)) on June 26, 1849 (age about 86 years). He is [interred](/source/burial) at Fitzsimmons Cemetery, Elmira, New York.<ref>{{cite web|title=Caleb Baker|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baker2.html|publisher=The Political Graveyard|accessdate=August 12, 2013}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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{{succession box | title = [New York State Assembly](/source/New_York_State_Assembly) <br>Tioga County | before = [William Maxwell](/source/William_Maxwell_(railroad_executive)) | years = 1829| after = [John G. McDowell](/source/John_G._McDowell)}}
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|state=New York
|district=20
|before=[Daniel Cruger](/source/Daniel_Cruger), <br>[Oliver C. Comstock](/source/Oliver_C._Comstock)
|after=[David Woodcock](/source/David_Woodcock), <br>[William B. Rochester](/source/William_B._Rochester)
|years=March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821 <br>with [Jonathan Richmond](/source/Jonathan_Richmond)
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Category:1762 births
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Category:Politicians from Providence, Rhode Island
Category:New York state court judges
Category:Members of the New York State Assembly
Category:Democratic-Republican Party United States representatives from New York (state)
Category:19th-century members of the New York State Legislature
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