Henry Baker (died February 24, 1896) was an American politician from Maryland. He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Frederick County in 1867.

The Baker family had a homestead called Oak Orchard in Frederick County, Maryland.^[1]

At the outbreak of the Civil War, Baker organized and trained a company of home guards. He took on the rank of captain.^[1]

Baker was a member of the convention for the Maryland Constitution of 1864.^[1] He was a member of the Unconditional Union Party.^[2] He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Frederick County in 1867.^[1][3] He introduced the bill that founded the Institute for the Deaf and Dumb in Frederick. He was director of the board for years.^[1][4][5]

Baker married. He had six children, Mrs. William McK. Reilly, Mrs. Victor Frey, Bettie D., Harry C., B. E. and J. E.^[1]

Baker lived in Liberty for 40 years, moved to Washington, D.C., and then lived in Baltimore for the last 10 years of his life.^[1] He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and in Baltimore was a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church.^[1]

Baker died on February 24, 1896, aged 79, at his 2127 Jefferson Street home in Baltimore.^[1] He was buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Frederick.^[6]