Howard Baker

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American politician and diplomat (1925-2014)

United States PoliticiansLived 1925 to 2014 · aged 88

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Howard Henry Baker Jr. 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. S. Senate in Tennessee since the Reconstruction era.

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Photos 6

Baker in 1989

Baker with President George W. Bush in 2001

Baker with Bill Frist, Bob Corker, and Lamar Alexander in 2007.

The Howard H. Baker, Jr. United States Courthouse in Knoxville, Tennessee in 2025

Awards 7

2008Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers

2004Person of the Year, American Chamber of Commerce in Japan

2001Grand Cross of Order of Manuel Amador Guerrero

1984Presidential Medal of Freedom

Brandeis Medal

Order of Manuel Amador Guerrero

Order of the Paulownia Flowers

In their orbit 1

SpouseNancy Kassebaum

Connected to Howard 6

William OldroydAlso in Christ's Dog (2011)

José MujicaAlso won Grand Cross of Order of Manuel Amador Guerrero

Walter MondaleAlso won Person of the Year, American Chamber of Commerce in Japan

Rafael TrujilloAlso won Order of Manuel Amador Guerrero

Toshiki KaifuAlso won Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers

Yuan ShikaiAlso won Order of the Paulownia Flowers

About this person

Howard Henry Baker Jr. 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. A member of the Republican Party, Baker was the first Republican to be elected to the U.S. Senate in Tennessee since the Reconstruction era.

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United States