Lewis Baker (November 11, 1832 – April 30, 1899) was the Democratic President of the West Virginia Senate from Ohio County and served from 1871 to 1872.

[1] In the 1850 US Federal Census, he is listed as an apprentice printer in Perry Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio.

By 1870, Lewis and Ruth were living in Ohio County, West Virginia with their children John, Mary, Harry, Anna, and Jennie.

In 1893 Baker was appointed the United States Minister to Nicaragua, Costa Rica and El Salvador.

Baker died in 1899 of anemia[2] and was buried with his wife in Greenwood Cemetery in Wheeling, West Virginia.