Baker, Newton Diehl

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.