Bibliography: Herringshaw, Thomas William. Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century, Chicago, IL:American Publishers' Association, 1902. page 68 BAKER, ALBERT C., lawyer, legislator, jurist, was born Feb. 15, 1825, in Girard, Ala. He received his education in the East Alabama Male college of Auburn, and has attained eminence as an astute lawyer and jurist. He has been city attorney for Phoenix, Ariz.; district attorney of his county; and assistant United States attorney for Arizona. He was a member of the eleventh legislative assembly of Arizona, and was chairman of the Judiciary committee in that body. He has been a member of the board of curators, territorial library; a member of the board of directors of the Territorial Normal school; and has filled with distinction the high office of chief justice of Arizona.