David
Jewett
(David J.)
Baker
Born in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Bayze Baker
and Joanna (Minor) Baker
Husband of
Sarah Tennery (Fairchild) Baker
— married
1819 [location unknown]
Husband of
Elizabeth (Swanwick) Baker
— married
1860 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Henry Southard Baker Sr., Sarah Tennery (Baker) Metcalfe, Edward Baker and John Pope Baker
Died
at age 76
in Alton, Madison, Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Feb 2015
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| Preceded by John McLean |
David J. Baker US Senator (Class 2) from Illinois  |
Succeeded by John McCracken Robinson |
Biography
David J. Baker is Notable.
David Jewett Baker was born in 1792 in Connecticut, United States of America.
He studied law and was admitted to the bar of Illinois, United States, in 1819. He married Sarah Tenney Fairchild.
He practised law in Kaskaskia, Randolph County, Illinois. He became a United States Senator for Illinois in November 1830, when he was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John McLean, serving only until December of that year.
He served as United States Attorney for the Illinois district from 1833 to 1841.
Sarah (Fairchild) Baker died in 1859, and David J. Baker married Elizabeth Swanwick in 1860.
He died in 1869. He is buried in Alton Cemetery, Alton, Madison County, Illinois.
Sources
- Find A Grave Memorial# 22507
- David J. Baker on Wikipedia
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- https://archive.org/stream/familyofdavidjew00chut/familyofdavidjew00chut_djvu.txt (Internet Archive, Family of David Jewett Baker I)
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