Baker, Lewis, 1832-1899.
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Baker, Lewis, 1832-1899.
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United States Minister to Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Salvador.
Lewis Baker was the Democratic President of the West Virginia Senate from Ohio County and served from 1871 to 1872. On February 1, 1885 he purchased the St. Paul Globe and moved his family to Minnesota. In 1893 he was appointed as the United States Minister to Nicaragua, Costa Rica and El Salvador. He sailed from New York aboard the ship Costa Rica on April 29, 1893 with his daughters Anne and Virginia. They arrived in Managua, Nicaragua on May 12, 1893 in the midst of a revolution. Baker died in 1899 and was buried with his wife in Greenwood Cemetery in Wheeling, West Virginia.
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Central America
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San Salvador (El Salvador)
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Nicaragua
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Costa Rica
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El Salvador
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Managua (Nicaragua)
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Panama, Isthmus of (Panama)
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