onrad Baker, Governor of Indiana from 1867 to 1873 was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, February 12, 1817. He was educated at the Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, and read law at the office of Stevens & Smyser, and was admitted to the bar in the spring of 1839, at Gettysburg, where he had a lucrative practice for two years. He came to Indiana in 1841, and settled at Evansville, where he practiced his profession until after the commencement of the rebellion. He was elected to the lower house of the general assembly of Indiana in 1845, and served one session, elected judge of the district composed of the counties of Vanderburg and Warrick, in 1852, in which capacity he served abut one year, when he resigned. In 1856, he was nominated for lieutenant governor by the Republican Party without his knowledge, on the ticket with Oliver P. Morton. They were defeated by Willard and Hammond. In 1861, Mr. Baker was commissioned colonel of the First Cavalry Regiment of Indiana Volunteers, which he organized, and with which he served until September 1864, in which year he was elected lieutenant governor. In 1865, Governor Morton convened the general assembly in special session, and immediately after delivering his message, started for Europe in quest of health, leaving Col. Baker in charge of the executive department of the state government. Governor Morton was absent five months, during which time the duties of the executive office were performed by Lieut. Gov. Baker. In February 1867, Governor Morton was elected to the Senate of the United States, in consequence of which the duties of governor devolved upon Mr. Baker. He was unanimously nominated by the Republican convention of 1868, for governor, and was elected over Thomas A. Hendricks, by a majority of 961 votes. He served as governor with ability and dignity, until the inauguration of Mr. Hendricks in 1873, since which time he has been engaged in the practice of law in Indianapolis, being a member of one of the strongest and most widely known firms in the state.