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Howard Henry Baker Jr. (November 15, 1925 – June 26, 2014) was an American politician, diplomat and photographer 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.
Jun 26, 2014 · Howard Baker, who accomplished much in his years in Washington, may be best remembered for a single question he asked as a senator during the Watergate investigation.
Jun 26, 2014 · Howard Baker was a moderate Republican senator who led the Senate Watergate committee and asked the famous question that exposed Nixon's cover-up. He later became Reagan's chief of staff and a key player in the Reagan Revolution.
Jun 27, 2014 · Former Sen. Howard Baker of Tennessee, who framed the central question of the Watergate scandal before serving as majority leader and Ronald Reagan’s White House Chief of Staff, .
Jun 27, 2014 · Howard Henry Baker was born on November 15 1925, the son of Henry Sr, later a Republican congressman from Tennessee. He served in the Pacific at the end of the second world war and later got his...
Howard Baker, Jr., of Tennessee served 18 years in the Senate, from 1967 to 1985, becoming the Republican floor leader in 1977. He is perhaps best known for his role as vice chair of the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities―the Watergate Committee ―where he pointedly asked, "What did the President know and when did he ...
Jun 26, 2014 · By today's standards, it probably wasn't good politics to build a career on working with the other party. But that was Howard Baker, the "great conciliator" who listened to others and got...
