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Edward Dickinson Baker
Birth: 2-24-1811
Death: 10-21-1861
Biography
He was a US Representative for Illinois and later a US Senator for Oregon. Close friend of AxL; they served as law partners together in Springfield, IL and one of AxL's sons was named after Baker. Instrumental in keeping slavery out of western states. Only sitting senator to be killed during the Civil war; died at Battle of Ball's Bluff in VA leading a Union army regiment. The Union's loss had a large impact on military affairs and Washington (because Baker was a sitting senator).
Letter References
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, October 21, 1861
Letter from Anna Wharton Seward to Frances Miller Seward, October 24, 1861
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He was a US Representative for Illinois and later a US Senator for Oregon. Close friend of AxL; they served as law partners together in Springfield, IL and one of AxL's sons was named after Baker. Instrumental in keeping slavery out of western states. Only sitting senator to be killed during the Civil war; died at Battle of Ball's Bluff in VA leading a Union army regiment. The Union's loss had a large impact on military affairs and Washington (because Baker was a sitting senator).
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