Baker, Newton Diehl
Born: Dec 03, 1871 AD
Died: 1937 AD, at 66 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Mayors, Politician
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, 24th Dec '06
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Newton D. Baker and the genesis of the War Industries Board, 1917-1918 by Daniel R Beaver (Unknown Binding - Sep 8, 1965) |
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Correspondence between Mr. Newton D. Baker and Mr. Samuel Gompers by Newton Diehl Baker (Unknown Binding - Sep 8, 2008) |
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What Secretary Baker says to men in the home camps by Newton Diehl Baker (Unknown Binding - Sep 8, 2008) |
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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 - Sep 8, 2008) |
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War in the modern world, by Newton Diehl Baker (Unknown Binding - Sep 8, 2008) |
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Democracy in industry, by Newton Diehl Baker (Unknown Binding - Sep 8, 2008) |
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