Hilary Baker: Information from Answers.com

Hilary Baker (February 21, 1746 – September 25, 1798) was a mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1796 to 1797. He began his career as a hardware merchant. In 1779, he was clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions in Philadelphia, and a member of the Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention of 1787. Baker was elected alderman from 1789 to 1796, and elected mayor in 1796. He was reelected in 1797, but died in the yellow fever outbreak of 1798 in Philadelphia, where he was buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery.

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Hilary Baker at Find a Grave

Preceded by Matthew Clarkson	Mayor of Philadelphia 1797–1798	Succeeded by Robert Wharton

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