Baker, Charles Joseph

Life Span
to
Dickinson Connection
Class of 1841; Trustee, 1855-1864, 1869-1894
Full name
Charles Joseph Baker
Place of Birth
Baltimore, MD
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.
Date Event
A Reform Association is constituted in Baltimore to attempt to bring order to the city
Dickinson College
Date Title
Abraham Lincoln to William Hernden, June 22, 1848
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