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Baker, Howard Henry, Jr. |
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Baker, Howard Henry, Jr., 1925–, U.S. politician and public official, b. Huntsville, Tenn. As a moderate Republican senator (1966–87) from Tennessee, he gained (1973) national attention as a member of the Senate committee investigating the Watergate affair Watergate affair, in U.S. history, series of scandals involving the administration of President Richard M. Nixon; more specifically, the burglarizing of the Democratic party national headquarters in the Watergate apartment complex in Washington, D.C.
..... Click the link for more information. . He became (1977) Senate minority leader and served (1981–85) as Senate majority leader after the Republican victory in the 1980 elections. He also was White House chief of staff (1987–88) under President Ronald Reagan. In 1996 he married Senator Nancy Landon Kassebaum (see Kassebaum-Baker, Nancy Landon Kassebaum-Baker, Nancy Landon , 1932–, U.S. senator from Kansas (1979–97), b. Topeka, Kans. A Republican and the daughter of Kansas governor Alfred Mossman (Alf) Landon, she was the first woman who had not entered politics as the widow of a congressman to ..... Click the link for more information. ). Baker served as U.S. ambassador to Japan from 2001 to 2005. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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