Biography

01/08/1788 - 11/05/1859

BAKER, George Nice, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, January 8, 1788 in Philadelphia County, Pa.; elected, commissioner, Philadelphia County (1821); appointed, prison inspector, Philadelphia (1821-1832); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1822-1823, 1823-1824, 1824-1825, 1825-1826 and 1827-1828 terms; vice president, York and Maryland Railroad Company (1832); director, Bank of Pennsylvania (1833, 1846); elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1833-1837); commissioner, Cumberland Valley Railroad Company (1835); vice president, Central Railroad Company (1846); died, November 5, 1859 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.