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Baker, Edward Dickinson
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Power, John Carroll. History of the Early Settlers of Sangamon County, Illinois. Springfield, IL: Edwin A. Wilson, 1876.
Dictionary of American Biography. Edited by Allen Johnson and Dumas Malone. 20 vols. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1928–1936.
Selby, Paul, ed. History of Sangamon County. 2 vols. Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois, edited by Newton Bateman and Paul Selby. Chicago: Munsell Publishing, 1912.
Oaks, Dallin H., and Marvin S. Hill. Carthage Conspiracy: The Trial of the Accused Assassins of Joseph Smith. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1975.
Shuck, Oscar T. Representative and Leading Men of the Pacific: Being Original Sketches of the Lives and Characters of the Principle Men. . . . San Francisco: Bacon and Co., 1870.
Leonard, Glen M. Nauvoo: A Place of Peace, a People of Promise. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book;
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Edward Dickinson Baker
American politician, lawyer and military leader (1811–1861)
For other people with the same name, see Edward Baker.
Edward Baker | |
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Baker c. 1861 | |
| In office October 2, 1860 – October 21, 1861 | |
| Preceded by | Delazon Smith |
| Succeeded by | Benjamin Stark |
| 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 |
| In office 1840–1844 | |
| In office 1837–1840 | |
| Born | Edward Dickinson Baker (1811-02-24)February 24, 1811 London, England, British Empire |
| Died | October 21, 1861(1861-10-21) (aged 50) Ball's Bluff, Virginia, Confederate States |
| Political party | Whig (before 1854) Free Soil (1854–1859) Republican (1859–1861) |
| Spouse | Mary Lee |
| Children | 3 sons and 2 daughters |
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| 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 Infan |