Baker, Newton Diehl

Born: 1871 AD
Died: 1937 AD, at 66 years of age.

Nationality: American
Categories: Mayors, Politician

1871 - Born on the 3rd of December in Martinsburg, West Virginia.

He made his most indelible mark as a municipal reformer in Cleveland.

1902-1912 - Become city solicitor, he brilliantly handled most of the 55 suits.

1911 - Baker had been elected Mayor of Cleveland.

1912 - Supported Woodrow Wilson for the presidential nomination.

1913 - He was re-elected as Mayor of Cleveland.

1916 - Appointed secretary of war.

1920 - He was called the outstanding lawyer of the by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes.

1921 - Returned to Cleveland and the law. He been as successful at the bar as he had been as a municipal reformer.

1937 - Baker died on 25th of December.

Page last updated: 11:57pm, 24^th Dec '06

	Newton D. Baker and the genesis of the War Industries Board, 1917-1918 by Daniel R Beaver (Unknown Binding - Jul 25, 1965)
	Correspondence between Mr. Newton D. Baker and Mr. Samuel Gompers by Newton Diehl Baker (Unknown Binding - Jul 25, 2008)
	What Secretary Baker says to men in the home camps by Newton Diehl Baker (Unknown Binding - Jul 25, 2008)
	An address by the Honorable Newton D. Baker: On the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the service of Francis F. Prentiss as president of the Saint Luke's hospital, Cleveland. 1906-1931 by Newton Diehl Baker (Unknown Binding - Jul 25, 2008)
	War in the modern world, by Newton Diehl Baker (Unknown Binding - Jul 25, 2008)
	Democracy in industry, by Newton Diehl Baker (Unknown Binding - Jul 25, 2008)