Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937

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Baker, Newton D. (Newton Diehl), 1871-1937

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Newton D. Baker

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Baker, Newton Diel jr. 1871-1937

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1871-12-03

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Secretary of War during WWI

From the guide to the Newton D. Baker letters, 1918, 1920, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.)

American statesman.

From the description of Letter : Cleveland, to Edna Mannheimer, 1912 Jan. 9. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122349032

Baker was city solicitor (1903-1911) and mayor (1912-1916) of Cleveland, Ohio and U. S. Secretary of War (1916-1921).

From the description of [Letter] 1931 Jun. 5, Union Trust Building, Cleveland [to] Henry A. Yeomans, Cambridge / Newton Baker. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 156790302

U.S. secretary of war, author, lawyer, and municipal official of Cleveland, Ohio.

From the description of Newton Diehl Baker papers, 1896-1962 (bulk 1916-1937). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71065882

Newton Diehl Baker (1871-1937) was an American lawyer, political leader and United States Secretary of War during World War I.

From the description of Newton Diehl Baker letters, 1914-1937. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122431216 From the guide to the Newton Diehl Baker letters, 1914-1937, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.)

City solicitor and mayor of Cleveland.

From the description of Letterbooks of Newton Diehl Baker, 1903-1915. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71070922

Cleveland, Ohio city solicitor (1903-1911) and Mayor (1912-1916), and U.S. Secretary of War (1916-1921).

From the description of Letters, 1891-1937. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 18059307 From the description of Newton D. Baker papers, series II, 1896-1917. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 18243362 From the description of Newton D. Baker papers, series III, 1892-1961 (1918-1937). (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 43514094

West Virginia native who became City Solicitor and Mayor of Cleveland, and U.S. Secretary of War.

From the description of Papers, 1917-ca. 1932. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 17341445

Newton D. Baker was a West Virginia native who became City Solicitor (1903-1911) and Mayor (1912-1916) of Cleveland, and U.S. Secretary of War (1916-1921).

From the description of Newton D. Baker letter to William Ganson Rose, 1917 November 9. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 755101786 From the description of Newton D. Baker letter to Jennie T. Ruprecht, 1915 September 3. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 755101788 From the description of Newton D. Baker letter to Ohio C. Barber, 1917 August 1. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 755101787 From the description of Newton D. Baker correspondence on Polonia Restituta, 1923 January 8-20. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 755112542 From the description of Newton D. Baker letters to Tom, 1918 November 2-1924 April 6. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 755112532 From the description of Newton D. Baker letter to J.W. Walton, 1914 November 12. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 755113092 From the description of Newton D. Baker's account of the western front, undated. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 755101785 From the description of Newton D. Baker letter to David Williams, 1927 December 27. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 755101784

Newton Diehl Baker was United States Secretary of War, 1916-1921.

He was a graduate of The Johns Hopkins University and also served as a trustee of the University.

From the description of Newton Diehl Baker letter, 1915. (Johns Hopkins University). WorldCat record id: 49301352

Biographical Note

1871, Dec. 3 Born, Martinsburg, W.Va. 1892 B.A., Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. 1894 L.L.B. Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va. 1902 Married Elizabeth Leopold 1896 1897 Private secretary to Postmaster General William L. Wilson 1897 1899 Private law practice, Martinsburg, W.Va. 1899 Private law practice, Cleveland, Ohio 1901 1902 First assistant city solicitor, Cleveland, Ohio 1902 1912 City solicitor, Cleveland, Ohio 1912 1916 Mayor, Cleveland, Ohio 1916 1921 Secretary of war 1918 Published Frontiers of Freedom. New York: George H. Doran Co. 1921 Private law practice, firm of Baker, Hostetler, and Sidlo, Cleveland, Ohio 1925 Published Progress and the Constitution. New York: Scribner's Sons 1928 Appointed to permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague, Netherlands 1929 Appointed to Law Enforcement Commission 1932 Published Bolshevism, Fascism and Capitalism. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press 1936 Published Why We Went to War. Freeport, N.Y.: Harper & Brother for the Council on Foreign Relations 1937, 25 Dec. Died From the guide to the Newton Diehl Baker Papers, 1896-1962, (bulk 1916-1937), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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