Portrait of Col. Edward D. Baker

Collection

Identifier: Mss5018

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Hand-colored lithograph portrait of Edward D. Baker, circa 1850-1900, 27.5 x 39.2 cm. Artist unidentified.

Dates

circa 1850-1900

Creator

Currier & Ives (Publisher, Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.

Biographical note

Edward Dickinson Baker was born in London, England, on February 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 the state Senate from 1840 to 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. 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 killed in the Battle of Balls Bluff, Va., on Oct. 21, 1861.