1. Joshua Gabriel Baker was the 22nd Governor of Louisiana during Reconstruction.
13 Facts About Joshua Baker
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Joshua Baker's father was Joshua Baker and his mother was Susan Lewis.
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In 1803, the Joshua Baker family moved to the Mississippi Territory and by 1811 they had settled at Oaklawn Plantation in St Mary Parish, Louisiana, in the Territory of Orleans.
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Joshua Baker attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York from 1817 to 1819.
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From 1826 to 1829, Joshua Baker was a Colonel in the Louisiana State Militia.
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Joshua Baker worked on Engineering projects in Plaquemines Parish until 1829, when he was appointed Judge in St Mary Parish; a position he held until 1839.
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Joshua Baker was made Captain of Cavalry, Louisiana State Militia 1846 until 1851 and in 1853, he was appointed to the Board of Visitors United States Military Academy, serving until 1861.
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On January 8,1868, Joshua Baker took the Oath of Loyalty to the Union.
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Joshua Baker was Appointed Military Governor by General Winfield Scott Hancock upon the resignation of Benjamin Flanders.
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Joshua Baker's administration had little influence on the course of the Louisiana government, as its orders were liable to be countermanded by the military due to the reconstruction acts.
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Joshua Baker married a second time to Catherine Patton from Fairfax, Virginia in 1832.
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Joshua Baker died in Lyme, Connecticut, on April 16,1885, at "Cricket Lawn" the home of his daughter Margaret Van Bergen.
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Joshua Baker was interred at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.