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Affiliation | Republican |
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Name | Howard H. Baker, Jr. |
Address | Huntsville, Tennessee , United States |
Email | None |
Website | None |
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November 15, 1925
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Died | June 26, 2014
(88 years)
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Contributor | RP |
Last Modifed | RBH Nov 17, 2018 01:21am |
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Info | Howard Henry Baker, 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; unsuccessful candidate for election to the U.S. Senate in 1964; 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; unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in 1980; lawyer in Washington, D.C.; chief of staff to President Ronald Reagan 1987-1988; ambassador to Japan, 2001-2005.
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ENDORSEMENTS |
TN Governor- R Primary - Aug 05, 2010 |
R |
Bill Haslam |
TN US President - R Primary - Feb 05, 2008 |
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John McCain |
US President - R Primaries - Jun 03, 2008 |
R |
Fred Thompson |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Sep 21, 1981 |
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Sandra Day O'Connor |
US President - R Primaries - Jul 01, 1976 |
R |
Gerald R. Ford |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 17, 1975 |
R |
John Paul Stevens |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 15, 1971 |
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William H. Rehnquist |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 09, 1971 |
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Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr. |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - May 17, 1970 |
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Harry Blackmun |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Apr 08, 1970 |
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G. Harrold Carswell |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Nov 21, 1969 |
R |
Clement Furman Haynsworth, Jr. |
Supreme Court - Chief Justice - Jun 23, 1969 |
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Warren E. Burger |
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Aug 30, 1967 |
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Thurgood Marshall |
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