Edward Dickinson Baker, American congressman and colonel (born 1811)

Edward D. Baker

American politician, lawyer and military leader (1811–1861)

Edward Dickinson Baker was an American politician, lawyer, and US army officer. In his political career, Baker served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois and later as a U.S. Senator from Oregon. He was also known as an orator and poet. A long-time close friend of…