William Baker (Kansas politician)

William Hewitt Baker (April 29, 1831 – February 11, 1910) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas. Born near Centerville, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Baker attended public school and graduated from the Waynesboro College in 1856. He was married to Philena Griffith in Washington County, Pa., November 25, 1858, with whom he had 3 sons and 5 daughters. He was a teacher and moved to Iowa in 1859 to become the principal of the public schools in Council Bluffs. Baker studied law, and in 1860, he was admitted to the bar, but never practiced.

William Hewitt Baker
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas's 6th district
In office 1891–1897
Preceded by	Erastus J. Turner
Succeeded by	Nelson B. McCormick
Personal details
Born	(1831-04-29)April 29, 1831
Died	February 11, 1910(1910-02-11) (aged 78) Lincoln, Kansas
Resting place	Lincoln Center Cemetery

In 1865, Baker returned to Beallsville, Pennsylvania. From 1865–1878, he engaged in mercantile pursuits.

In 1878, he moved to Lincoln County, Kansas, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits and stock raising.

As a Populist, Baker was elected to the Fifty-second, Fifty-third, and Fifty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1897). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1896, and he resumed agricultural pursuits.

Baker died in Lincoln, Kansas at 4:15 p.m., February 11, 1910 and was interred in Lincoln Center Cemetery. His obituary was published in the Lincoln Sentinel, February 10, 1910.