Background
He was born March 3, 1821, and became a prominent lawyer in Huntsville, Texas, as well as a Texas state legislator and judge.
He was born March 3, 1821, and became a prominent lawyer in Huntsville, Texas, as well as a Texas state legislator and judge.
He was removed from his judgeship during Reconstruction by a Republican governor. He died February 24, 1897. He was the great-grandfather of the Reagan and G. H. West. Bush administration political figure James A. Baker III.