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Baker, Howard Henry

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Baker, Howard Henry (1925–1994)

US Republican politician. He was senator for Tennessee 1967–85, Senate minority leader 1977–81, and majority leader 1981–85. As White House chief of staff 1987–88, he helped the administration deal with the revelation of the Irangate scandal (the illegal sale of arms to Iran by members of the US government in order to fund the rebels in Nicaragua).

After serving in the US Navy during World War II, Baker joined the family law firm in Knoxville, Tennessee. He was a member of the Senate select committee to investigate the Watergate scandal in 1973, which brought down President Richard Nixon. After poor results in the New Hampshire primary, he withdrew from the contest for the Republican nomination for president in 1980.



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