[1] Baker attended state common schools as well as Pembroke, Tilton, and Hopkinton Academies.

The seat was traditionally a Democratic stronghold, and his win there in such an off-year for Republicans encouraged speculation that he would run for the United States Congress.

After retiring from his Congressional seat, he once again practiced law in Washington, D.C., although he remained a legal resident of his hometown of Bow, New Hampshire.

Shortly before his death, he donated $10,000 ($315,724 in 2023) and a plot of land next to his property in Bow for the creation of the towns public library, which was named after him and still stands to this day.

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