Baker, Charles Joseph

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Class of 1841; Trustee, 1855-1864, 1869-1894
    Full name
    Charles Joseph Baker
    Place of Birth
    Birth Date Certainty
    Exact
    Death Date Certainty
    Exact
    Gender
    Male
    Race
    White
    Sectional choice
    North
    Origins
    Slave State
    Education
    Dickinson (Carlisle College)
    Occupation
    Politician
    Businessman
    Journalist
    Church or Religious Denomination
    Methodist
    Political Parties
    Democratic
    Government
    Local government

    Charles Joseph Baker (Dickinson Alumni Record)

    Reference
    *Baker, Charles Joseph – Born May 28, 1821, in Baltimore, Md.; A. B., 1841; manufacturer and banker; 1861, acting mayor of Baltimore; it was largely through his efforts that the Union railroad and tunnel were constructed; for years he was owner of the “Baltimore Gazette”; B. L. society. Died September, 23, 1894, in Baltimore, Md.
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Dickinson College: Alumni Record (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 105.
    How to Cite This Page: "Baker, Charles Joseph," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/index.php/node/5026.