{{Short description|American politician (1800–1875)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Osmyn Baker | image = Osmyn Baker.jpg | state1 = [[Massachusetts]] | district1 = {{ushr|MA|6|6th}} | term_start1 = January 14, 1840 | term_end1 = March 3, 1845 | preceded1 = [[James C. Alvord]] | succeeded1 = [[George Ashmun]] | office2 = Member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] | term2 = 1833<br>1834<br>1836<br>1837 | birth_date = May 18, 1800 | birth_place = [[Amherst, Massachusetts]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1875|2|9|1800|5|18}} | death_place = [[Northampton, Massachusetts]], U.S. | resting_place = Bridge Street Cemetery | party = [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] | spouse = | relations = | children = | alma_mater = [[Yale College]], 1822 | occupation = | profession = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} <!-- This article was automatically created by [[User:polbot]] from http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000071. The prose may be stilted, and there may be grammatical and Wikification errors. Please improve in any way you see fit. -->'''Osmyn Baker''' (May 18, 1800 – February 9, 1875) was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from [[Massachusetts]].

Born in [[Amherst, Massachusetts]], Baker attended [[Amherst Academy]]. He was graduated from [[Yale College]] in 1822. He studied law at [[Northampton Law School]]. He was [[Admission to the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar]] and commenced practice in Amherst in 1825. He served as a member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] in 1833, 1834, 1836, and 1837 and was <!-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->county commissioner of [[Hampshire County, Massachusetts]], from 1834 to 1837.

Baker was elected as a [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] to the [[26th United States Congress|Twenty-sixth]] Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James C. Alvord. Baker was reelected to the [[27th United States Congress|Twenty-seventh]] and [[28th United States Congress|Twenty-eighth]] Congresses and served from January 14, 1840, to March 3, 1845. He served as chairman of the Committee on Accounts (Twenty-seventh Congress). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1844. He resumed the practice of law at Northampton in 1845. Baker was the first president of Smith Charities, serving from 1860 to 1870. He died in [[Northampton, Massachusetts]], February 9, 1875. He was interred in Bridge Street Cemetery.

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