Bibliography: Herringshaw, Thomas William. Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century, Chicago, IL:American Publishers' Association, 1902. page 70 BAKER, NATHANIEL BRADLEY, governor, was born Sept. 29, 1818, in Henniker, N.H. For three years he was Joint proprietor and editor of the New Hampshire Patriot. He was elected to the legislature in 1851, was chosen speaker of the house, and served two terms. He was a presidential elector in 1852, and in 1854 was elected governor of the state on the democratic ticket. He was elected to the Iowa legislature in 1859. In 1861 he was appointed adjutant-general of Iowa. He died Sept. 11, 1876, in Des Moines, Iowa.