One of the Scott county members of the House this winter is the Hon. Geo. T. Baker of Davenport. He was born on a farm in Iowa county July 9, 1859. At the age of 13 he moved with his mother to Iowa City to take advantage of the educational advantages offered by the academy and the State University, where he spent three years. At the age of 16 he entered Cornell University at Ithaca, New York, where he finished a four years' course in civil engineering. Until 1888 he was connected with several railways as division engineer, locating engineer and engineer in charge of construction, as chief engineer of the high bridges built across the Mississippi river at Muscatine and Clinton, Iowa, and Winona, Minnesota. In 1892 he entered the firm of the Edwards & Walsh Construction Company, engineers and contractors. Of this firm he is manager and chief engineer. In 1879 he was married at Ithaca. New York, to Miss Clara I. Poole. They have three children, Ethel M., aged 15; Georgia E., aged 13, and Sue A., aged 10. He has always been a Democrat, but never before aspired to any public office. He would like to see a local option license law enacted by the Legislature this winter. Mr. Baker attends the Episcopalian church.