Edward Dickinson Baker
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Edward Dickinson Baker was an American politician, lawyer, and US army officer. S. S. senator from Oregon. He was also known as an orator and poet. S. Army colonel during both the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War. S. senator ever to be killed in a military engagement.
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Edward Baker in 1850 as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives
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Baker in American Civil War
Death of Colonel Edward D. Baker at the Battle of Ball's Bluff, October 21, 1861
Marker for where Edward D. Baker was killed during the Battle of Balls Bluff
Baker depicted on the Series 1875 $5,000 Certificate of DepositPoliticians from United States 6
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Edward Dickinson Baker was an American politician, lawyer, and US army officer. In his political career, Baker served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois and later as a U.S. senator from Oregon. He was also known as an orator and poet. A long-time close friend of the president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, Baker served as U.S. Army colonel during both the Mexican-American War and the American Civil War. Baker was killed in the Battle of Ball's Bluff while leading a Union Army regiment, becoming the only sitting U.S. senator ever to be killed in a military engagement.
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