Baker, Bobby, 1928-2017
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Bobby Baker, born Robert Gene Baker, (1928-2017) was a onetime Senate page who, through his close ties to Lyndon B. Johnson and others, became one of the most influential nonelected men in the American government of the 1950s and early 1960s, only to be investigated for and eventually convicted of tax evasion and other crimes.
Baker was an American political adviser to Lyndon B. Johnson, and an organizer for the Democratic Party. He became the Senate's Secretary to the Majority Leader. In 1963, he resigned during an investigation by the Democratic-controlled Senate into Baker's business and political activities. The investigation included allegations of bribery and arranging sexual favors in exchange for Congressional votes and government contracts. The Senate investigation looked into the financial activities of Baker and Lyndon Johnson during the 1950s. The investigation of Lyndon Johnson as part of the Baker investigation was later dropped after President Kennedy's assassination and Johnson's ascension to the presidency.
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referencedIn | Dean Burch Papers, 1964-1973 | Arizona State University Libraries Arizona Collection | |
referencedIn | Lennox Polk McLendon Papers, 1792; 1813; 1860s-1982 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection | |
referencedIn | Oliver F. Atkins photograph collection, 1943-1975 | George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections & Archives | |
referencedIn | Publicity photographs of U.S. Senator Hugh Scott, 1958-1973. | University of Virginia. Library | |
referencedIn | Warden, Philip L. (Philip Lucian), 1912-1990. Philip L. Warden papers, 1943-1986 (bulk 1950-1975). | Herbert Hoover Library | |
referencedIn | William McWhorter Cochrane Papers, 1862-2002 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection |
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associatedWith | Atkins, Oliver F., 1916-1977. |
associatedWith | Burch, Dean, 1927- |
associatedWith | Cochrane, William McWhorter, 1917- |
associatedWith | Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 |
associatedWith | McLendon, Lennox Polk, 1890-1968. |
associatedWith | Warden, Philip L. (Philip Lucian), 1912-1990. |
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Birth 1928-11-12
Death 2017-11-12
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