Baker, Bertram L. (Bertram Llewellyn), 1898-1985

found: Harry A. Williamson photograph collection, 1860-1965:Schomburg Center, Photos & Prints Div., photo captions (Bertram L. Baker, member of Carthaginian Lodge No. 47 (Prince Hall), Brooklyn, N.Y.)

found: N Y Times, Mar. 10, 1985:p. 36, obit (Bertram Baker, Bertram L. Baker; b. Nevis, British West Indies; d. Brooklyn, N.Y., Friday (Mar. 8) 1985, age 87; N. Y. State Assemblyman from Brooklyn, elected 1948, retired 1970; first black elected to N. Y. state legislature from Brooklyn)

found: Who's who in black America, 7th ed., 1950:p. 18 (Baker, Bertram Llewellyn; public accountant, N. Y. state legislator; b. Jan. 10, 1898)

found: African American National Biography, accessed December 9, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Baker, Bertram L.; state legislator, organization founder/official, sports organization executive; born 10 January 1898 in Nevis, West Indies; studied accounting at LaSalle Extension University; hired as a bookkeeper with a Brooklyn chandelier-manufacturing firm; was naturalized as a U.S. citizen (1924); organized the United Action Democratic Association (1932); appointed deputy collector of Internal Revenue, Brooklyn's income tax audit section; won a seat on the New York State Assembly, the first African American elected to office in Brooklyn (1948); held his Assembly seat for 22 years and was chair the Education Committee in the 1960s; was executive secretary of American Tennis Association (until 1966); retired in 1970; received an honorary PhD from St. John's University (1984); died 08 March 1985 in New York, United States)