Albert C . Baker Albert Cornelius Baker ( February 15 , 1845 – August 31 , 1921 ) was an American jurist and politician who was the only person to serve on both the Arizona Territorial Supreme Court and the Arizona Supreme Court . As a judge he served four years as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Arizona Territory and two - and - a - half years as an Associate Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court . Politically he was a member of the Arizona Territorial Legislature and a delegate to Arizona ' s constitutional convention . Background . Baker was born on February 15 , 1845 in Girard , Alabama to Benjamin H . and Eliza ( Greer ) Baker . His father was a prominent attorney and he was educated in private schools . During the American Civil War he joined the Confederate States Army and served two - and - a - half years as color bearer for Waddell ' s Battalion of Artillery . While in the battalion , Baker saw action during the Siege of Vicksburg and during the Atlanta Campaign from the Battle of Rocky Face Ridge to the Battle of Atlanta . Following Atlanta he spent a short time as a prisoner of war . Following the war , Baker became a graduate of East Alabama Male College ( now Auburn University ) . After completing school he studied law at a law office and was admitted to the bar in 1868 . Baker opened his own law office in Crawford , Alabama and practiced there for three years before moving to Missouri . From Missouri he moved to San Diego , California and in 1876 arrived in Los Angeles . In February 1879 , his legal practice brought Baker to Phoenix , Arizona Territory . As he was concluding his business and preparing to return , Justice DeForest Porter requested Baker serve as special prosecutor for a Maricopa County attorney accused of malfeasance in office . After accepting and completing the assignment he began accepting additional cases and never made his returned plan to California , instead making Phoenix his home for the rest of his life . Baker was elected a member of the Council ( upper house ) for the 11th Arizona Territorial Legislature in November 1880 . During the session he served as chairman of judiciary committee . Two years later he defeated Charles Austin Tweed to become Maricopa County attorney . During the 1880s he also served four years and Phoenix city attorney and four years as Assistant United States Attorney . In 1886 , Baker was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Territorial Delegate but lost the nomination to Marcus Aurelius Smith . On February 2 , 1882 , Baker married Mary Jesus Alexander in a ceremony performed by Justice Porter . The couple had four children survive to adulthood . As a delegate to the 1892 Democratic National Convention , Baker was a supporter of Grover Cleveland . When Cleveland was elected , Baker applied to become the territory ' s Chief Justice . His support as a delegate , combined with endorsements by L . C . Hughes , Joseph Henry Kibbey , Richard Elihu Sloan , and William Henry Stilwell , resulted in a recess appointment on May 16 , 1893 . On top of his duties as Chief Justice , Baker was responsible Arizona Territory ' s third judicial district . To this was added the roles of member of board of curators for the territorial library and member of board of regents for the $ 3 ( now Arizona State University ) . Baker returned to private practice after leaving the bench in 1897 . In 1899 he became president of the Territorial Bar Association , a position he held for two years . In 1910 he was elected to represent Maricopa County at Arizona ' s . At the start of the convention he served as Temporary President before the delegates could select their leaders . He was also a member of Committee on Style , Revision , and Compilation which edited the wording of the final document . In 1918 , Baker ran for election as a Justice to the Arizona Supreme Court . During the primary he defeated the incumbent , Alfred Franklin , by a vote of 14 , 419 to 12 , 275 . He then won the general election with 20 , 721 votes to Republican candidate A . A . Jayne ' s 5 , 008 and Socialist candidate J . N . Morrison 3 , 688 . Following his election , Baker was asked to fill the vacancy left by Justice Franklin ' s resignation . Baker decided to wait till the start of his own term and took the bench on January 4 , 1919 . Baker died on August 31 , 1921 while visiting his daughter in Los Angeles , California . His body was returned to Phoenix and buried in St . Francis Cemetery .