Bibliography: Herringshaw, Thomas William. Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century, Chicago, IL:American Publishers' Association, 1902. page 70 BAKER, JEHU, lawyer, diplomat, congressman, was born Nov. 4, 1822, in Fayette county, Ky. He attended common schools and McKendree college, but did not graduate; and subsequently received from the latter institution the honorary degrees of M. A. and LL. D. He studied medicine for a time; is a lawyer; was master in chancery of St. Clair county 1861-65; was elected to the thirty-ninth, fortieth, and fiftieth congresses; and served as United States minister resident to Venezuela in 1878-81 and 1882-85. He was minister resident and consul- general for a time during the closing part of this service, and was elected to the fifty-fifth congress as a fusionist.