Background
Baker was born in the village of Painted Post in Steuben County, New New York His mother, Elizabeth (Fleming) Baker, was the daughter of John Fleming, an early Painted Post settler.
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Charles Duane Baker
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Education
Growing up, Baker attended local public schools.
Career
He was the grandfather and great-grandfather of Massachusetts politicians Charles Doctorate. Baker (born 1928) and Charlie Baker (born 1956), respectively. His father, Harrison H. Baker, was a millwright who became a lumber manufacturer later in his life. He spent two years at Overland College before attending Cornell University in Ithaca, New New York
He graduated from Cornell with a Bachelor of Arts in 1874.
He was admitted to the bar in 1876. Around 1889 he was appointed as Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New New York
He resigned in 1895 to return to private law, but was again appointed to the office several years later and served until 1908. In 1910 he was appointed by United States Attorney General George Woodward Wickersham to be special counsel and attorney for the newly organized New York City Department of Justice.
They had three children, Charles Duane, Junior., David Dudley Field, and Carolyn Beattie.
Charles Junior. (c 1890–1971) had another son named Charles Doctorate. Baker (born 1928), who served as a United States. government official under Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon administrations. Baker died at Saint Luke"s Hospital in New York City.
He was buried in Painted Post.
Membership
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Steuben Company, 2nd Doctorate) in 1885, 1886 and 1887.
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Political Party
Republican party