Benjamin S. Baker

Benjamin Stanton Baker (February 8, 1850 – August 15, 1945) was an American lawyer and judge who served as the United States Attorney for the District of Nebraska from 1890 to 1894, and as a justice of the New Mexico Territorial Supreme Court from 1902 to 1904.

Early life, education, and career Born in Sabula, Jackson County, Iowa, to Samuel and Elizabeth (Lewis) Baker, from the age of five years Baker was raised on a farm in Johnson County, Iowa, and attended the district schools. Baker was abruptly removed from office by President Roosevelt, and when Delegate Rodey of New Mexico went to the White House to urge the President to give Baker a hearing, Rodey learned that Baker had already been removed and that the case could not be considered further.

In total, Baker was active in practice and politics in Omaha for more than forty years. Throughout his political activities, Baker was a member of the Republican Party.

Baker died at his home in Omaha at the age of 95. His last words were "I'm so glad for the mothers and the wives whose boys and husbands will be coming back to them", in reference to news that day of the end of World War II.