TY  - GEN
N2  - Conrad Baker tombstone at Oak Hill Cemetery. From Find a Grave, Indiana Governor. After attending Pennsylvania College, he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1839 and opened a legal practice in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Moving to Indiana, he was a member to the Indiana House of Representatives, in 1845. During the Civil War, he served as a Colonel in command of the 1st Cavalry Regiment of Indiana Volunteers, Union Army. After the war, he was elected as a Republican Lieutenant Governor of Indiana, in 1865. When Governor Morton resigned upon being elected to the U.S. Senate in 1867, Baker assumed the duties as the 15th Governor of Indiana, serving until 1873. While in office, a state normal school for juvenile offenders was established, plus a soldier's home and a women's prison was planned. After his term, he retired from public office and practiced law until his death at age 68.
AB  - Conrad Baker tombstone at Oak Hill Cemetery. From Find a Grave, Indiana Governor. After attending Pennsylvania College, he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1839 and opened a legal practice in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Moving to Indiana, he was a member to the Indiana House of Representatives, in 1845. During the Civil War, he served as a Colonel in command of the 1st Cavalry Regiment of Indiana Volunteers, Union Army. After the war, he was elected as a Republican Lieutenant Governor of Indiana, in 1865. When Governor Morton resigned upon being elected to the U.S. Senate in 1867, Baker assumed the duties as the 15th Governor of Indiana, serving until 1873. While in office, a state normal school for juvenile offenders was established, plus a soldier's home and a women's prison was planned. After his term, he retired from public office and practiced law until his death at age 68.
T1  - Conrad Baker tombstone in Evansville, Indiana
DA  - 1968
DA  - February 1968
AU  - Unknown
L1  - https://library.usi.edu/record/1527286/files/6960.jp2
PB  - University of Southern Indiana
LA  - eng
PY  - 1968
PY  - February 1968
ID  - 1527286
L4  - https://library.usi.edu/record/1527286/files/6960.jp2
KW  - Local History
KW  - Cemeteries
KW  - Photographs
KW  - Regional History
KW  - Related Materials -- 1951-2000
KW  - Religion and Spirituality
TI  - Conrad Baker tombstone in Evansville, Indiana
Y1  - 1968
L2  - https://library.usi.edu/record/1527286/files/6960.jp2
LK  - https://library.usi.edu/record/1527286/files/6960.jp2
UR  - https://library.usi.edu/record/1527286/files/6960.jp2
ER  -