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Alexander Gillespie Baxter (November 6, 1859 – August 30, 1934) was an American businessman and politician from New York. ==Life== He was born on November 6, 1859, in Bloomingburg, Sullivan County, New York,〔(''New York Red Book'' ) (1932; pg. 25)〕 the son of James Brean Baxter (1837–1903) and Abigail Jane (Monell) Baxter (1834–1891). He attended the public schools and worked on the family farm. In 1878, he joined the United States Marine Corps, and served one year. On October 20, 1880, he married Sarah Elizabeth Teets (1857–1907), and they had three children. He served as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army during the Spanish–American War in 1898. After the war he became an undertaker in Newburgh, and later in Schenectady. He was a Coroner of Schenectady County for several terms. On May 10, 1908, he married Sarah Jane Atkinson. During the 1920s he built, and then ran, the Totem Post Camp Ground in Ballston Spa, New York, where he also went to live.〔(''A Lesson in History: A. G. Baxter, undertaker, politician, Ballston Spa restaurateur'' ) by David Fiske, in the ''Saratogian'' on May 27, 2012〕 Baxter was a member of the New York State Senate from 1931 until his death in 1934, sitting in the 154th, 155th, 156th and 157th New York State Legislatures; and was Chairman of the Committee on Revision from 1931 to 1932. He died on August 30, 1934, at his home in Ballston Spa, New York, of a heart attack;〔(''A. G. BAXTER DEAD; A STATE SENATOR'' ) in the ''New York Times'' on August 31, 1934 (subscription required)〕 and was buried at the Parkview Cemetery in Schenectady. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alexander G. Baxter」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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