Howard Baker

Howard Henry Baker, Jr. (born November 15, 1925) is a former Republican Senator from Tennessee and a distinguished American statesman. He was appointed United States Ambassador to Japan by President George W. Bush in 2001.

Further reading

• Annis, James. Howard Baker: Conciliator in an Age of Crises. Lanham, MD: Madison Books, 1994
• U.S. Congress. Senate. Tributes to the Honorable Howard Baker, Jr., of Tennessee in the United States Senate, Upon the Occasion of His Retirement from the Senate. 98th Cong., 2d sess., 1984. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1984.

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