David Gordon Baker

David Gordon Baker
Chief Justice of South Carolina
In office
1943  February 1956
Preceded by Milledge Lipscomb Bonham
Succeeded by Taylor Hudnall Stukes
Associate Justice of South Carolina
In office
March 1935  1943
Preceded by Thomas P. Cothran
Succeeded by Claude A. Taylor
Personal details
Died March 25, 1958
Florence, South Carolina
Spouse(s) Julia Badger
Alma mater University of South Carolina (J.D., 1905)

David Gordon Baker was an associate justice and chief justice on the South Carolina Supreme Court.

He served on the Florence City Council from 1910 to 1912 and in the South Carolina Senate from 1919 to 1922. From 1923 to 1931, he was the county attorney for Florence County, South Carolina.[1]

Baker died on March 24, 1958, and is buried in Florence, South Carolina at the Mount Hope Cemetery.[2]

References

  1. "Justice Baker Dies Of Heart Ailment". Spartanburg Herald (Spartanburg, South Carolina). March 25, 1958. p. 3. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
  2. "David Gordon Baker (1884-1958)". Find a Grave. Retrieved November 24, 2014.


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