IOWA OFFICIAL REGISTER 1933-1934 BIOGRAPHIES OTHER STATE OFFICERS GEORGE T. BAKER, DAVENPORT. - Member of State Board of Education, was born, July 9, 1857, on a farm in Iowa county, Iowa. He was educated in teh district schools of Iowa, Hall's school for boys, at Ellington, Conn., McClain's academy at Iowa City, and the State University of Iowa. He remained one year at the state university and then completed four years of special work in civil engineering at Cornell University, Ithaca, class of 1879. During the years from 1879 to 1889 he was engaged in railway location, construction and maintenance work, after which he was chief engineer for the high bridges built across the Mississippi river at Muscatine and Clinton, and consulting engineer of the high bridge at Winona, Minn. From 1892 until January, 1910, he was engaged in general construction work on railways, paving, sewerage, water works, and heavy building construction. Served as a member of the general assembly in the twenty-sixth regular and special session, was elected mayor of the city of Davenport in 1898, serving two years, and was delegate0at-large to the democratic national convention in 1900. Member State Board of Education since 1909. A democrat. Debbie Clough Gerischer Iowa Gen Web, Assistant CC, Scott County _http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/_ (http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/) IAGENWEB: Special History Project: http://iagenweb.org/history/index.htm Gerischer Family Web Site: _http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/_ (http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/)