Francis Elisha Baker (October 20, 1860 – March 15, 1924) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and of the United States Circuit Courts for the Seventh Circuit.
Francis Elisha Baker
Born 1860 in Goshen, IN
Died 1924 in Chicago, IL
FJC ID: 78
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 4/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 9/year
Indiana Supreme Court · 1899–1902U.S. Circuit Courts for the Seventh Circuit · 1902–1911Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals · 1902–1924
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Conference of Senior Circuit Judges (now Judicial Conference of the United States)Member · 1922–1923
- Indiana Supreme CourtJudge · 1899–1902
- Private practice, Goshen, Indiana1884–1899
Appointments
1902–1911 · Appointed by Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)Term ended: Abolition of Court- 1902–1924 · Appointed by Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- Read law1884
- University of MichiganB.A. · 1882