OSMYN BAKER
(1870-1875)
Biographical Directory of the
United States Congress, 1771-Present
BAKER, Osmyn, a Representative
from Massachusetts; born in Amherst, Mass., May 18, 1800; attended
Amherst Academy; was graduated from Yale College in 1822; studied law;
was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Amherst in 1825;
member of the State house of representatives 1833, 1834, 1836, and 1837;
county commissioner of Hampshire County 1834-1837; elected as a Whig to
the Twenty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
James C. Alvord; reelected to the Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth
Congresses and served from January 14, 1840, to March 3, 1845; chairman,
Committee on Accounts (Twenty-seventh Congress); was not a candidate for
renomination in 1844; resumed the practice of law at Northampton in
1845; first president of Smith Charities 1860-1870; died in Northampton,
Mass., February 9, 1875; interment in Bridge Street Cemetery.
(Contributed by Anna
Newell)
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