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Edward Dickinson Baker
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Edward Dickinson Baker
Edward Dickinson Baker
(February 24, 1811October 21, 1861) was an English-born
American politician
,
lawyer
, and
military leader
. In his political career, Baker served in the
U.S. House of Representatives
from
Illinois
and later as a
U.S. Senator
from
Oregon
. A long-time close friend of
U.S. President
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 senator to be killed in the Civil War.
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