Albert C. Baker


Albert Cornelius Baker was an American jurist and politician who was the only person to serve on both the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court and the Arizona Supreme Court. As a judge he served four years as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Arizona Territory and twoandahalf years as an Associate Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court. Politically he was a member of the Arizona Territorial Legislature and a delegate to Arizonas constitutional convention.

Baker was born on February 15, 1845 in Girard, Alabama to Benjamin H. and Eliza Baker. His father was a prominent attorney and he was educated in private schools. During the American Civil War he joined the Confederate States Army and served twoandahalf years as color bearer for Waddells Battalion of Artillery. While in the battalion, Baker saw action during the Siege of Vicksburg and during the Atlanta Campaign from the Battle of Rocky Face Ridge to the Battle of Atlanta. Following Atlanta he spent a short time as a prisoner of war.

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