Blair, Harry C., 1891-1975,

Edward Dickinson Baker was born in London, England on Feb. 24, 1811.

Harry Blair (1891-1977) was an orthopedic surgeon and biographer.

Edward Dickinson Baker was born in London, England on Feb. 24, 1811.

He immigrated to the United States in 1815. He moved to Illinois in 1825 and studied law. He was elected to the State house of representatives in 1837 and was member of State senate from 1840-1844. Later he was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-ninth Congress and served from March 4, 1845 until his resignation on December 24, 1846. He was commissioned colonel of the Fourth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, on July 4, 1846, and served until he was honorably mustered out on May 29, 1847. He moved to San Francisco, Calif., in 1851 and resumed the practice of law. Years later he moved to Oregon in 1860 and was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy in the term beginning March 4, 1859. During the Civil War, he raised a regiment in New York City and Philadelphia. He was killed in the Battle of Balls Bluff, Va., on Oct. 21, 1861.