BAKER, Howard Henry, Jr., (son of
Howard Henry Baker, stepson of Irene Bailey Baker, and son-in-law of Everett
Dirksen, husband of Nancy Landon Kassebaum), a Senator from Tennessee; born in
Huntsville, Scott County, Tenn., November 15, 1925; attended Tulane University,
New Orleans, La., and University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn.; graduated from
the University of Tennessee Law College 1949; served in the United States Navy
1943-1946; admitted to the Tennessee bar in 1949 and commenced practice; elected
as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1966; reelected in 1972 and again
in 1978, and served from January 3, 1967, to January 3, 1985; did not seek
reelection; minority leader 1977-1981; majority leader 1981-1985; lawyer in
Washington, D.C.; chief of staff to President Ronald Reagan 1987-1988; is a
resident of Washington, D.C.
Bibliography
Annis, James. Howard Baker: Conciliator in an Age of Crises. Lanham, MD:
Madison Books, 1994; U.S. Congress. Senate. Tributes to the Honorable Howard
Baker, Jr., of Tennessee in the United States Senate, Upon the Occasion of His
Retirement from the Senate. 98th Cong., 2d sess., 1984. Washington:
Government Printing Office, 1984.
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