Biography

03/01/1855 - 07/30/1913

Major Jesse Matlack Baker (R9) Delaware County 1893-1896

Early Life: 

Major Jesse Matlack Baker, born March 1, 1854, Parkesburg, Chester County, Pennsylvania; son of John Mitchell Baker and Phebe Ann Matlack Baker; attended, Hyatt’s Military Academy (now Pennsylvania Military Academy); attended, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York; captain, Company H, 6th Regiment, Pennsylvania National Guard, 1877-1898; major, United States Army, Spanish American War, 1898; engaged, real estate; teacher, five years, Chester Delaware Counties; admitted Delaware County bar, lawyer, 1880-1913; elected, District Attorney, Delaware County, 1881-1886; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1888-1892; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1893-1896; married, Courtenay Wallace, 1882; died, July 30, 1913, (59 years, 151 days), Media, Delaware County, Pennsylvania; interred, Media Cemetery, Media, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

Early Career:

Teacher, five years, Chester Delaware Counties; Captain, Company H, 6th Regiment, Pennsylvania National Guard, 1877-1898; major, United States Army Spanish American War, 1898.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, District Attorney, Delaware County, 1881-1886.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1888-1892; not a candidate for reelection 1892.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 9^th district, Delaware County, 1893-1896; member, Judiciary General, Judiciary Special and Mines and Mining Committees.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=6112&body=H

Cited:

Smull’s Legislative Hand Book, (1896) Cochran, T.B., Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 1014, 1053 and 1061-1063.