# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joshua-baker
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:24:55.601Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joshua-baker"
name: "Joshua Baker"
slug: "joshua-baker"
description: "Joshua Gabriel Baker was a lawyer, engineer, and planter who served as the military governor of Louisiana during Reconstruction from January to July 1868. Baker opposed secession and remained loyal to The Union during the Civil War. He was appointed as military governor by General Winfield Scott Hancock, head of the Fifth Military District which included Louisiana and Texas."
tagline: "American politician (1799-1885)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joshua_Baker.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1799-03-23"
deathDate: "1885-04-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.53
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.606768
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Baker"
    title: "Joshua Baker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B1"
    title: "جوشوا بيكر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جوشوا بيكر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جاشوا بئیکر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Baker"
    title: "Joshua Baker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Baker"
    title: "Joshua Baker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Baker"
    title: "Joshua Baker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%A2_%D7%91%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%A8"
    title: "ג'ושוע בייקר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B0%EC%8A%88%EC%95%84_%EB%B2%A0%EC%9D%B4%EC%BB%A4"
    title: "조슈아 베이커"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iosue_Baker"
    title: "Iosue Baker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%88%D1%83%D0%B0"
    title: "Бейкер, Джошуа"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q881287"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump