Howard Baker Quotes


Cover-ups don’t work.


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Howard Baker, U. S. Senator (Republican, TN), White House Chief of Staff, Interview, NBC Meet the Press, June 15, 1997

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Howard Baker
Howard Baker
  • Born: November 15, 1925
  • Died: June 26, 2014
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Statesman

Howard Henry Baker Jr. was an American politician and diplomat 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 US Senate in Tennessee since the Reconstruction era.