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Revision as of 19:22, 21 October 2018
Francis Elisha Baker (October 20, 1860 – March 15, 1924) was a United States federal judge.
Born in Goshen, Indiana, Baker received a B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1882 and read law to enter the Bar in 1884. He was in private practice in Goshen, Indiana from 1884 to 1899. He was a Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court from January 2, 1899, to January 25, 1902.
On December 11, 1901, Baker was nominated by President Theodore Roosevelt to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit vacated by William Allen Woods. Francis Baker was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 21, 1902, and received his commission the same day, serving thereafter until his death.
Sources
- Francis Elisha Baker at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
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Categories:
- 1860 births
- 1924 deaths
- Indiana Supreme Court justices
- Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- United States court of appeals judges appointed by Theodore Roosevelt
- 20th-century American judges
- University of Michigan alumni
- United States federal judges admitted to the practice of law by reading law