Jehu Baker collection, 1852-1915.
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United States. Congress. House
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U.S. House of Representatives is the lower house of Congress. From the guide to the Subscription lists, 1870, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) The first session of the Congress of the United States, under a resolution passed by the Congress of the Confederation, on September 13, 1788, was called to meet in New York City on March 4, 1789. On the appointed day only 13 Members of the House were present and, as this number did not constitute a quorum, the sessions...
Baker, Jehu, 1822-1903
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Belleville, Illinois, lawyer; member. U.S. House of Representatives, 1865-1869, 1887-1889, 1897-1899; U.S. consul to Venezuela, 1878-1885. From the description of Family papers, 1864-1918. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 26827813 Lawyer, U.S. Representative from Illinois, and U.S. minister to Venezuela. Jehu Baker was born near Lexington, Ky., on 4 Nov. 1822. He moved with his father to Lebanon, Ill., in 1829; attended the...