Senator Edward Dickinson Baker

Edward Dickinson Baker served as a Senator from Oregon in the United States Congress from 1845 to 1861. A member of the Republican Party, Edward Dickinson Baker contributed to the legislative process during 3 terms in office.

Edward Dickinson Baker’s service in Congress occurred during a significant period in American history. As a member of the Senate, Edward Dickinson Baker participated in the democratic process and represented the interests of constituents.

Edward Dickinson Baker (February 24, 1811 – October 21, 1861) 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.