Ezra Baker was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from New Jersey

New Jersey

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Born in Tuckerton, New Jersey

Tuckerton, New Jersey

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, Baker moved with his parents to the Province of East Jersey about 1765. He was educated for the medical profession and commenced practice. He moved to Absecon, New Jersey

Absecon, New Jersey

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, in 1799. He served as collector of customs at the port of Great Egg Harbor, New Jersey

Great Egg Harbor River

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, February 18, 1813 to March 1, 1815.

Baker was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fourteenth Congress

14th United States Congress

- Senate :* President: Vacant* President pro tempore: John Gaillard of South Carolina, first elected December 4, 1815- House of Representatives :* Speaker: Henry Clay of Kentucky-Members:This list is arranged by chamber, then by state...

 (March 4, 1815–March 3, 1817). He moved westward to the "Wabash country" with his sons in 1818 and engaged in the culture of castor beans for the New Orleans market; he died there at an unknown date.