Joseph A. Baker

Joseph Atkins Baker was born on November 7, 1883, in Sharon, Madison County, Mississippi.^[1] He was the son of William Jackson Baker and Almyra Atkins.^[1] Baker attended the public schools of Madison County, Mississippi, and Shreveport High School.^[1] He graduated from Millsaps College with B. S. and Ph. B. degrees in 1906.^[1] He took a law course in Millsaps from 1908 to 1909 and received a Bachelor of Laws degree.^[1] He moved to Jackson, Mississippi, in 1910 and began practicing law there.^[1] In 1915, he was elected to represent Mississippi's 12th senatorial district as a Democrat in the Mississippi State Senate for the 1916-1920 term.^[1] Baker served in the U. S. Army in World War I as a First Lieutenant.^[1][2] He died on March 15, 1959.^[2]