Howard Baker (other)
Howard Baker (1925–2014) was a U.S. senator from Tennessee and ambassador to Japan. Howard Baker may also refer to: * Howard Baker (baseball) (1888–1964), Major League Baseball player *Benjamin Howard Baker (1892–1987), English association football player and high jumper * Howard Baker (poet) (1905–1990), American poet * Howard Baker Sr. (1902–1964), U.S. representative See also *Benjamin Howard Baker (1892–1987), footballer *Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy The Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy is a nonpartisan institute on the campus of the University of Tennessee devoted to education and research concerning public policy and civic engagement. Through classes, public lectures, research, and ...

Howard Baker
Howard Henry Baker Jr. (November 15, 1925 June 26, 2014) was an American politician and diplomat who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1967 to 1985. During his tenure, he rose to the rank of Senate Minority Leader and then Senate Majority Leader. A member of the Republican Party, Baker was the first Republican to be elected to the US Senate in Tennessee since the Reconstruction era. Known in Washington, D.C., as the "Great Conciliator", Baker was often regarded as one of the most successful senators in terms of brokering compromises, enacting legislation, and maintaining civility. For example, he had a lead role in the fashioning and passing of the Clean Air Act of 1970 with Democratic senator Edmund Muskie. A moderate conservative, he was also respected by his Democratic colleagues. Baker sought the Republican presidential nomination in 1980 but dropped out after the first set of primaries. From 1987 to 1988, he served as White House Chief of Staff f ...
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Howard Baker (baseball)
Howard Francis Baker (March 1, 1888 – January 16, 1964) was a Major League Baseball third baseman who played for three seasons. He played for the Cleveland Naps in , the Chicago White Sox The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The White Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. The team is owned by Jerry Reinsdorf, and ... from to , and the New York Giants in . External links 1888 births 1964 deaths Major League Baseball third basemen Cleveland Naps players Chicago White Sox players New York Giants (NL) players Minor league baseball managers Portland Beavers players Waterbury Contenders players Evansville River Rats players Little Rock Travelers players Bridgeport Hustlers players New Orleans Pelicans (baseball) players Nashville Vols players Bridgeport Americans players Baseball players from Bridgeport, Connecticut {{US-baseball-third-base ...
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Benjamin Howard Baker
Benjamin Howard Baker (13 February 1892 – 10 September 1987) was an English athlete who excelled in a wide range of sports, mostly in association football and high jump.Howard Baker
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Howard Baker (poet)
Howard Wilson Baker, Jr (April 5, 1905 – July 25, 1990) was an American poet, dramatist, and literary critic. Background Baker was born in Philadelphia. While pursuing graduate studies in English at Stanford University, he befriended Yvor Winters, and was co-editor of the literary magazine ''Gyroscope''. After earning his master's degree, he moved to Paris to study at the Sorbonne. While there, he married the novelist Dorothy Baker, and met and was influenced by Ernest Hemingway and Ford Madox Ford, who helped him to publish his first work, the autobiographical novel ''Orange Valley'' (1931). After returning to the United States in 1931, he took a position teaching English at Berkeley. From 1937 to 1943, he then taught English at Harvard. In addition to collaborating with his wife, Baker produced poetry collections of his own, including ''Letter from the Country'' (1941) and ''Ode to the Sea'' (1954), as well as a collection of essays on ancient Greek Ancient Gr ...
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Howard Baker Sr
Howard Henry Baker Sr. (January 12, 1902 – January 7, 1964) was an American politician and a United States Representative from Tennessee. Biography Baker was born in Somerset, Kentucky, in 1902 to James F. Baker, an attorney and newspaper publisher in Huntsville, Tennessee, and Kentucky native Helen Keen Baker. The family moved to Huntsville, Tennessee, in 1909, and Baker spent most of his childhood in Scott County. The family moved to Knoxville in 1918, the same year that Baker entered the university there. He graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1922 and its law school in 1924; he was admitted to the Tennessee bar in 1923. Baker is an alumnus of the Epsilon Eta chapter of Sigma Nu Fraternity. After law school, Baker married Dora Ladd and returned to Huntsville to become a partner in his father's practice. Their son, Howard Baker Jr., was born in Huntsville in 1925. Dora died when Howard Jr. was a child. On September 15, 1935, he married Edith Irene Bailey. ...
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