| Isaac Volney Baker Jr. | |
| Birth Date: | 15 August 1843 |
| Education: |
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| Term Start1: | 1882 |
| Term End1: | 1887 |
| State Assembly2: | New York |
| District2: | Washington County, 2nd |
| Term Start2: | January 1, 1869 |
| Term End2: | December 31, 1871 |
| Preceded2: | Nathaniel Daily |
| Succeeded2: | George W. L. Smith |
| State Assembly3: | New York |
| District3: | Washington County, 2nd |
| Term Start3: | January 1, 1877 |
| Term End3: | December 31, 1877 |
| Succeeded3: | George L. Terry |
| State Senate4: | New York |
| District4: | 12th |
| Term Start4: | January 1, 1872 |
| Term End4: | December 31, 1873 |
| State Senate5: | New York |
| District5: | 16th |
| Term Start5: | January 1, 1880 |
| Term End5: | December 31, 1881 |
| Succeeded5: | Charles L. MacArthur |
| Father: | Isaac V. Baker |
| Mother: | Laura Daley Comstock |
Isaac Volney Baker Jr. (August 15, 1843, Comstock's Landing, Fort Ann, Washington County, New York – December 14, 1912 Hudson Falls, Washington Co., NY) was an American politician from New York.
He was the son of Isaac V. Baker (1813–1894) and Laura Daley (Comstock) Baker (1819–1877). He attended North Granville Academy, and Brooklyn Polytechnic and Collegiate Institute. Then he engaged in mercantile and agricultural pursuits, especially in breeding Merino sheep.[1]
On September 14, 1865, he married Laura Demis Clark (1844–1930), and they had several children.[1]
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Washington Co., 2nd D.) in 1869, 1870 and 1871; of the New York State Senate (12th D.) in 1872 and 1873; again of the State Assembly in 1877; and again of the State Senate (16th D.) in 1880 and 1881.
He was New York Superintendent of State Prisons from 1882 to 1887.[2] He was New York State Railroad Commissioner from 1887 to 1892.
He died of pneumonia on December 14, 1912, in Hudson Falls, New York, at age 69.[3]
He was buried at the Baker Cemetery in Fort Ann.[4]