George T. Baker, 1934 bio

BAKER

Posted By: Debbie Clough Gerischer
Date: 12/18/2004 at 14:16:47

IOWA OFFICIAL REGISTER 1933-1934
BIOGRAPHIES, OTHER STATE OFFICERS
[same bio as the one from 1928 with some additional info in each]

GEORGE T. BAKER, DAVENPORT. - Member of State Board of Education, was born,
July 9, 1857, on a farm in Iowa county, Iowa. He was educated in teh
district schools of Iowa, Hall's school for boys, at Ellington, Conn., McClain's
academy at Iowa City, and the State University of Iowa. He remained one year
at the state university and then completed four years of special work in civil
engineering at Cornell University, Ithaca, class of 1879. During the years
from 1879 to 1889 he was engaged in railway location, construction and
maintenance work, after which he was chief engineer for the high bridges built
across the Mississippi river at Muscatine and Clinton, and consulting engineer
of the high bridge at Winona, Minn. From 1892 until January, 1910, he was
engaged in general construction work on railways, paving, sewerage, water works,
and heavy building construction. Served as a member of the general assembly
in the twenty-sixth regular and special session, was elected mayor of the
city of Davenport in 1898, serving two years, and was delegate-at-large to the
democratic national convention in 1900. Member State Board of Education
since 1909. A democrat.

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