J. Edwin Baker

J. Ed Baker
J. Ed Baker
Member of the Florida Senate
	In office; 1943, 1949–1955
Personal details
Born	July 18, 1899; Plant City, Florida, U.S.
Died	March 6, 1963 (aged 63); Lake County, Florida, U.S.
Resting place	Lakeside Memory Gardens, Eustis, Florida
Political party	Democratic
Children	two sons
Residence(s)	Umatilla, Florida
Occupation	Realtor and former newspaperman

John Edwin Baker (July 18, 1899 – March 6, 1963) was an American politician in the state of Florida and a Democrat.

Baker was born in Plant City, Florida, the son of George Bell and Julia P. (McLendon) Baker.^[1] He was educated in Palm Beach County, Florida and was a businessman, realtor, and general manager of the Palm Beach Times newspaper. Baker also served in World War I with the United States Navy. He was married and has two children.^[2] He served in the Florida State Senate from 1949 to 1955 and also briefly in 1943, for the 23rd district.^[3] He was a member of the Pork Chop Gang, a group of legislators from rural areas that dominated the state legislature due to malapportionment and used their power to engage in McCarthyist tactics.^[4]^[5]

References

^ Dovell, J.E. (1952). Florida: Historic, Dramatic, Contemporary. Vol. 4. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
^ Florida. State Road Dept; Florida Highway Patrol (1951). Florida Highways. Vol. 19. J.E.Robinson. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
^ "Florida Senators". uflib.ufl.edu. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
^ Group portrait of the Pork Chop Gang during the 1956 special session of the Senate, Florida Memory, 1956, archived from the original on July 15, 2015, retrieved July 14, 2015
^ Weitz, Seth (2009-03-01). "Defending the Old South: The Myth of the Lost Cause and Political Immorality in Florida, 1865–1968". The Historian. 71 (1): 79–92. doi:10.1111/j.1540-6563.2008.00232.x. ISSN 0018-2370.

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[google-1] Dovell, J.E. (1952). Florida: Historic, Dramatic, Contemporary. Vol. 4. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. Retrieved October 10, 2016.

[google2-2] Florida. State Road Dept; Florida Highway Patrol (1951). Florida Highways. Vol. 19. J.E.Robinson. Retrieved October 10, 2016.

[ufl-3] "Florida Senators". uflib.ufl.edu. Retrieved September 21, 2014.

[4] Group portrait of the Pork Chop Gang during the 1956 special session of the Senate, Florida Memory, 1956, archived from the original on July 15, 2015, retrieved July 14, 2015

[5] Weitz, Seth (2009-03-01). "Defending the Old South: The Myth of the Lost Cause and Political Immorality in Florida, 1865–1968". The Historian. 71 (1): 79–92. doi:10.1111/j.1540-6563.2008.00232.x. ISSN 0018-2370.

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