Isaac V. Baker Jr.

Isaac Volney Baker Jr. was an American politician from New York.

Life

He was the son of Isaac V. Baker and Laura Daley Baker. He attended North Granville Academy, and [Polytechnic Institute of New York (state)|New York University|Brooklyn Polytechnic and Collegiate Institute]. Then he engaged in mercantile and agricultural pursuits, especially in breeding Merino sheep.
On September 14, 1865, he married Laura Demis Clark, and they had several children.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1869, 1870 and 1871; of the New York State Senate in 1872 and 1873; again of the State Assembly in 1877; and again of the State Senate in 1880 and 1881.
He was New York Superintendent of State Prisons from 1882 to 1887. He was New York State Railroad Commissioner from 1887 to 1892.
He died of pneumonia on December 14, 1912, in Hudson Falls, New York, at age 69.
He was buried at the Baker Cemetery in Fort Ann.