William Cotter Baker | |
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20th Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island | |
In office January 3, 1898 [1] – January 1901 | |
Preceded by | Edwin D. McGuinness |
Succeeded by | Daniel L.D. Granger |
Personal details | |
Born | Wickford, Rhode Island, US | March 15, 1858
Died | 1931 |
Political party | Democrat [2] |
Spouse | Sophia Metcalf |
Alma mater | Brown University |
Occupation | Attorney [2] |
William Cotter Baker (March 15, 1858 – 1931) was a lawyer and 20th mayor of Providence, Rhode Island.
William Baker was born March 15, 1858, in Wickford, Rhode Island, to David S. Baker and Mary C. Baker. [3] He attended public schools, then East Greenwich Academy. [2] He received his A.B. ( Bachelor's degree) from Brown University in 1881. [4] [3] [2]
For two years he taught languages at Deveaux College in what was then the town of Suspension Bridge (now part of Niagara Falls, New York). [3] He was an Instructor of French and German. [4]
In 1884 he received his A.M. ( Master's degree) from Brown University. [4] In that same year he was admitted to the Rhode Island Bar and practiced law in Providence. [4] From 1884 to 1888, he was superintendent of public schools of North Kingstown. [3]
On 24 May 1888 he married Sophia Metcalf, daughter of Jesse Metcalf of Providence. [3]
By 1914, Baker was living in Pasadena, California. [5] While there, Baker published, together with his wife, a 60-page book of poems called "The Town where I was Born: Stories of Old Wickford." [6]
Baker died in 1931. [7]
Baker was a member of Rhode Island state House of Representatives, 1892–94, 1897-98. [5] He was elected to three terms as mayor of the City of Providence from 1898 to 1901. He ran as a Democrat on a good government reform platform, characterized by the Providence Journal as being "in opposition to the corporations." [8] The Journal also characterized Baker's low turnout elections as "boring". [9]
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William Cotter Baker | |
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20th Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island | |
In office January 3, 1898 [1] – January 1901 | |
Preceded by | Edwin D. McGuinness |
Succeeded by | Daniel L.D. Granger |
Personal details | |
Born | Wickford, Rhode Island, US | March 15, 1858
Died | 1931 |
Political party | Democrat [2] |
Spouse | Sophia Metcalf |
Alma mater | Brown University |
Occupation | Attorney [2] |
William Cotter Baker (March 15, 1858 – 1931) was a lawyer and 20th mayor of Providence, Rhode Island.
William Baker was born March 15, 1858, in Wickford, Rhode Island, to David S. Baker and Mary C. Baker. [3] He attended public schools, then East Greenwich Academy. [2] He received his A.B. ( Bachelor's degree) from Brown University in 1881. [4] [3] [2]
For two years he taught languages at Deveaux College in what was then the town of Suspension Bridge (now part of Niagara Falls, New York). [3] He was an Instructor of French and German. [4]
In 1884 he received his A.M. ( Master's degree) from Brown University. [4] In that same year he was admitted to the Rhode Island Bar and practiced law in Providence. [4] From 1884 to 1888, he was superintendent of public schools of North Kingstown. [3]
On 24 May 1888 he married Sophia Metcalf, daughter of Jesse Metcalf of Providence. [3]
By 1914, Baker was living in Pasadena, California. [5] While there, Baker published, together with his wife, a 60-page book of poems called "The Town where I was Born: Stories of Old Wickford." [6]
Baker died in 1931. [7]
Baker was a member of Rhode Island state House of Representatives, 1892–94, 1897-98. [5] He was elected to three terms as mayor of the City of Providence from 1898 to 1901. He ran as a Democrat on a good government reform platform, characterized by the Providence Journal as being "in opposition to the corporations." [8] The Journal also characterized Baker's low turnout elections as "boring". [9]
William Cotter Baker providence mayor biography.
william cotter baker Pasadena.
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cite book}}
: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (
link)