Conrad Baker

Notable Facts

  • Served as Presiding Officer, Lt. Governor in the 44th General Assembly (1864-1864)
  • Served as Presiding Officer, Lt. Governor in the 44th General Assembly (1865-1866)
  • Served as Presiding Officer, Lt. Governor in the 45th General Assembly (1866-1867)

Offices

Indiana House
Vanderburgh County
In office
Dec 1, 1845 to Dec 7, 1846

Party: Whig
Assumed: General Election
1 year, 6 days
Lieutenant Governor
Statewide
In office
Jan 9, 1865 to Jan 23, 1867

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Assumed Other Office
2 years, 14 days
Governor
Statewide
In office
Jan 23, 1867 to Jan 13, 1873

Party: Republican
Assumed: Legal Succession
Left: Term Limited
5 years, 11 months, 22 days
Conrad Baker spent 9 years, 12 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

1868–Governor WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 3, 1868
50.14%
Conrad Baker (i)*, Republican, 171,505 votes
49.86%
Thomas Andrews Hendricks, Democratic, 170,554 votes
Out of 342,059 votes casts, the margin of victory was 951 (0.28%)
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In the 1 races for which we have results, Conrad Baker had a record of 1-0. That includes a record of 1-0 in 1 general election.