David Gordon Baker | |
Office: | Chief Justice of South Carolina |
Termstart: | 1943 |
Termend: | February 1956 |
Predecessor: | Milledge Lipscomb Bonham |
Successor: | Taylor Hudnall Stukes |
Office2: | Associate Justice of South Carolina |
Termstart2: | March 1935 |
Termend2: | 1943 |
Predecessor2: | Thomas P. Cothran |
Successor2: | Claude A. Taylor |
Birth Date: | February 17, 1884 |
Death Place: | Florence, South Carolina, U.S. |
Spouse: | Julia Badger |
Education: | University of South Carolina (JD) |
David Gordon Baker (February 17, 1884 – March 25, 1958) was an associate justice and chief justice on the South Carolina Supreme Court.
He served on the Florence City Council from 1910 to 1912 and in the South Carolina Senate from 1919 to 1922. From 1923 to 1931, he was the county attorney for Florence County, South Carolina.[1]
Baker died on March 24, 1958, and is buried in Florence, South Carolina at the Mount Hope Cemetery.[2]