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|parents=John Henry Baker, Jr.<br>
|parents=John Henry Baker, Jr.<br>
Cecelia Myers Baker Radau
Cecelia Myers Baker Radau
|occupation = [[Farmer]]; [[Business]]man
|occupation = [[Farmer]]; [[Business]]man<br>
[[United States Air Force]]
|party= [[Republican Party|Republican]] candidate for:<br>
|party= [[Republican Party|Republican]] candidate for:<br>
Louisiana State Senate (1972)<br>
Louisiana State Senate (1972)<br>
Long after his term had ended, Baker sought a comeback for the District 1 seat on the Franklin Parish Police Jury in the 1987 primary but finished out of the running with 24 percent of the ballots cast. Two Democrats instead advanced to the general election.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/static/1987-10-24/resultsRace/21|title=Election Returns|date=October 24, 1987|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 5, 2018}}</ref>
Long after his term had ended, Baker sought a comeback for the District 1 seat on the Franklin Parish Police Jury in the 1987 primary but finished out of the running with 24 percent of the ballots cast. Two Democrats instead advanced to the general election.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/static/1987-10-24/resultsRace/21|title=Election Returns|date=October 24, 1987|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=November 5, 2018}}</ref>
==State senate race==
In the winter of 1971 to 1972, Baker ran for the state Senate against the 31-year-old Democratic nominee, James Harvey "Jim" Brown, a graduate of [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans]] and the father of [[television]] journalist Campbell Brown. At the time Brown was a politically ambitious lawyer in Ferriday in Concordia Parish, located along the [[Mississippi River]] across from Natchez, Mississippi. Besides Franklin and Concordia, the district included Catahoula and Tensas parishes. The outgoing senator was J. C. "Sonny" Gilbert of Sicily Island in Catahoula Parish. Gilbert ran successfully for the state House that year; after he left the legislature, he switched to Republican affiliation.
In the winter of 1971 to 1972, Baker ran for the state Senate against the 31-year-old Democratic nominee, James Harvey "Jim" Brown, a graduate of [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans]] and the father of [[television]] journalist Campbell Brown. At the time Brown was a politically ambitious lawyer in Ferriday in Concordia Parish, located along the [[Mississippi River]] across from Natchez, Mississippi. Besides Franklin and Concordia, the district included Catahoula and Tensas parishes. The outgoing senator was J. C. "Sonny" Gilbert of Sicily Island in Catahoula Parish. Gilbert ran successfully for the state House that year; after he left the legislature, he switched to Republican affiliation.