词条 | Hilary Baker |
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Hilary Baker (February 21, 1746 – September 25, 1798) was the mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, from 1796 to 1797. BiographyHe began his career as a hardware merchant. In 1779, he was clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions in Philadelphia, and a member of the Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention of 1787. Baker was elected alderman from 1789 to 1796, and elected mayor in 1796. He was re-elected in 1797, but died in the 1798 yellow fever outbreak in Philadelphia, where he was buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery. External links
10 : 1746 births|1798 deaths|Infectious disease deaths in Pennsylvania|Hardware merchants|Mayors of Philadelphia|Germantown Academy alumni|People of colonial Pennsylvania|Colonial American merchants|Deaths from yellow fever|Burials at Laurel Hill Cemetery (Philadelphia) |
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