Edward Dickinson Baker

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Edward Dickinson Baker was a 19th-century American politician and Union Army colonel, a close friend of Abraham Lincoln who served as a U.S. Senator from Oregon and was killed in the Civil War.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Union Army officer
human
lawyer
military officer
politician
allegiance Union
associatedWith Abraham Lincoln
branchOfService Union Army
burialPlace San Francisco National Cemetery
causeOfDeath gunshot wound
closeFriendOf Abraham Lincoln
conflict American Civil War
countryOfBirth United Kingdom NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1811-02-24
dateOfDeath 1861-10-21
endTime 1861 (U.S. Senate service from Oregon)
ethnicGroup English American
familyName Baker
givenName Edward
hasHonorificNamesake Baker City, Oregon NERFINISHED
Baker County, Oregon NERFINISHED
Fort Baker, California
immigratedTo United States of America NERFINISHED
mannerOfDeath killed in action
memberOf United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
middleName Dickinson NERFINISHED
militaryRank colonel
notableEvent Battle of Ball’s Bluff NERFINISHED
notableFor being the only sitting U.S. Senator killed in battle
notableWork recruitment and organization of the California Regiment (71st Pennsylvania Infantry)
occupation lawyer
politician
soldier
placeOfBirth England
London
placeOfDeath Ball’s Bluff NERFINISHED
near Leesburg, Virginia
politicalParty Republican Party
positionHeld United States Senator
member of the U.S. House of Representatives
previousPoliticalParty Whig Party
religion Methodism NERFINISHED
represented Illinois
Oregon
sexOrGender male
startTime 1860 (U.S. Senate service from Oregon)
stateOfUnitedStatesSenateMembership Oregon NERFINISHED

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Edward Baker Lincoln
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