Henry Baker (Maryland politician)

Henry Baker (died February 24, 1896) was an American politician from Maryland. He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Frederick County in 1867.

Early life
The Baker family had a homestead called Oak Orchard in Frederick County, Maryland.

Career
At the outbreak of the Civil War, Baker organized and trained a company of home guards. He took on the rank of captain.

Baker was a member of the convention for the Maryland Constitution of 1864. He was a member of the Unconditional Union Party. He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Frederick County in 1867. He introduced the bill that founded the Institute for the Deaf and Dumb in Frederick. He was director of the board for years.

Personal life
Baker married. He had six children, Mrs. William McK. Reilly, Mrs. Victor Frey, Bettie D., Harry C., B. E. and J. E.

Baker lived in Liberty for 40 years, moved to Washington, D.C., and then lived in Baltimore for the last 10 years of his life. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and in Baltimore was a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church.

Baker died on February 24, 1896, aged 79, at his 2127 Jefferson Street home in Baltimore. He was buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Frederick.