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Isaac Volney Baker Jr. (August 15, 1843, Comstock's Landing, Fort Ann, Washington County, New York – December 14, 1912 Hudson Falls, Washington Co., NY) was an American politician from New York.

Life

He was the son of Isaac V. Baker (1813–1894) and Laura Daley (Comstock) Baker (1819–1877). He attended North Granville Academy, and Brooklyn Polytechnic and Collegiate Institute. Then he engaged in mercantile and agricultural pursuits, especially in breeding Merino sheep.

On September 14, 1865, he married Laura Demis Clark (1844–1930), and they had several children.

He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Washington Co., 2nd D.) in 1869, 1870 and 1871; of the New York State Senate (12th D.) in 1872 and 1873; again of the State Assembly in 1877; and again of the State Senate (16th D.) in 1880 and 1881.

He was New York Superintendent of State Prisons from 1882 to 1887. He was New York State Railroad Commissioner from 1887 to 1892.

He died of pneumonia on December 14, 1912, in Hudson Falls, New York, at age 69.

He was buried at the Baker Cemetery in Fort Ann.

References

1. ^ Boone, H. H.; Cook, Theodore P. (1870). "Life Sketches of Executive Officers and Members of the Legislature of the State of New York". Life Sketches of Executive Officers, and Members of the Legislature of the State of New York. Vol. III. p. 164. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
2. ^ "Isaac V. Baker Jr". Political Graveyard. Baker, Isaac Volney, Jr. (1843-1912) — also known as Isaac V. Baker, Jr. — of Comstock's Landing, Washington County, N.Y. Born in New York, August 15, 1843. Son of Isaac Volney Baker (1813-1894) and Laura Daley (Comstock) Baker (1819-1877). Member of New York state assembly from Washington County 2nd District, 1869-71, 1877; member of New York state senate, 1872-73, 1880-81 (12th District 1872-73, 16th District 1880-81). Died in New York, December 14, 1912 (age 69 years, 121 days). Interment at Baker Cemetery, Fort Ann, N.Y.
3. "Gov. Cornell's Mistake". New York Times. March 9, 1882. Retrieved October 25, 2012. The confirmation of the appointment of Isaac V. Baker, Jr., as Superintendent of State Prisons by a combination of Republican and Tammany Senators is ...
4. ^ "Isaac V. Baker, Jr" (PDF). New York Times. December 15, 1912. Retrieved October 25, 2012. Isaac V. Baker, Jr., ex-Superintendent of State Prisons, died yesterday of pneumonia at his home in Hudson Falls, N.Y. Mr. Baker was 69 years old and a native of Washington County. ...

Sources

• Hough, Franklin Benjamin; Hutchins, Stephen C.; Werner, Edgar Albert (1870). The New York Civil List. pp. 511, 513.
• "The State Prisons" (PDF). New York Times. March 26, 1882.
• "Tricky Governor Hill" (PDF). New York Times. April 21, 1887.

External links

• Isaac V. Baker Jr. at Find a Grave

• 1843 births
• 1912 deaths
• Republican Party New York (state) state senators
• People from Fort Ann, New York
• Deaths from pneumonia in New York (state)
• Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly
• New York Superintendents of State Prisons
• 19th-century members of the New York State Legislature