Archibald Easton Baxter (December 16, 1844 – October 6, 1925) was a Scottish-American lawyer and politician from New York.
[1] In 1850, his father Duncan brought the family to America, where they settled in Corning, New York.
He was a clerk in the village post-office when the American Civil War broke out.
When he moved to Bath to work as clerk, and began studying law under Judge William Rumsey.
[6] In 1882, Baxter ran for the New York's 29th congressional district, losing the election to John Arnot Jr.[7] In 1889, President Benjamin Harrison appointed him United States Marshal for the Northern District of New York.