Newton D. Baker Scrapbooks

Newton D. Baker Scrapbooks

 

Newton D. Baker, Jr. was born in Martinsburg, West Virginia in 1871. He graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 1892. He finished the normal two year course in the School of Law at Washington and Lee University in nine months, receiving his B.L. in 1894.

He practiced law in Martinsburg before moving to Washington as secretary to the Postmaster General in President Cleveland's second administration. In 1897, Baker returned to the practice of law in his hometown, moving later to Cleveland, where he served two terms (1912-16) as mayor. In 1902 he married Elizabeth Leopold of Pottstown, Pennsylvania. Baker, who had played an important role in Woodrow Wilson's nomination in the Democratic National Convention of 1912, was appointed Secretary of War by President Wilson and remained in the Cabinet to the end of Wilson's term of office.

These scrapbooks document in newspaper clippings Baker's political career in Cleveland and his time as Secretary of War. In the later position, he presided over the mobilization of more than four million men during World War I.

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Submissions from 1921

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Newton D. Baker Scrapbook, May 19, 1920-February 20, 1921, Newton D. Baker

Submissions from 1920

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Newton D. Baker Scrapbook, April 5, 1919-April 25, 1920, Newton D. Baker

Submissions from 1919

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Newton D. Baker Scrapbook, April 7, 1918-April 5, 1919, Newton D. Baker

Submissions from 1918

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Newton Baker Scrapbook, January 25-May 9, 1918, Newton D. Baker

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Newton Baker Scrapbook, May 8-November 5, 1918, Newton D. Baker

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Newton D. Baker Scrapbook, February 28-March 22, 1918, Newton D. Baker

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Newton D. Baker Scrapbook, January 14-February 13,1918, Newton D. Baker

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Newton D. Baker Scrapbook, March 19-June 21, 1918, Newton D. Baker

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Newton D. Baker Scrapbook, October 25, 1917-March 9, 1918, Newton D. Baker

Submissions from 1917

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Newton D. Baker Scrapbook, October 3, 1916-November 2, 1917, Newton D. Baker

Submissions from 1916

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Newton D. Baker Scrapbook, March 16-September 30, 1916, Newton D. Baker

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Newton D. Baker Scrapbook, October 29, 1915-January 31, 1916, Newton D. Baker

Submissions from 1915

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Newton D. Baker Scrapbook, December 10, 1914-March 31, 1915, Newton D. Baker

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Newton D. Baker Scrapbook, June 3, 2014-December 10,1915, Newton D. Baker

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Newton D. Baker Scrapbook, March 31-October 28, 1915, Newton D. Baker

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Newton D. Baker Scrapbook, September 8-December 19, 1915, Newton D. Baker

Submissions from 1914

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Newton D. Baker Scrapbook, March 20, 2014-September 1,1914, Newton D. Baker

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Newton D. Baker Scrapbook, October 1, 2013-March 19,1914, Newton D. Baker

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Newton D. Baker Scrapbook, September 2, 2014-December 10,1914, Newton D. Baker

Submissions from 1913

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Newton D. Baker Scrapbook, April 1, 1913-September 30,1913, Newton D. Baker

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Newton D. Baker Scrapbook, July 18, 1912-February 29,1913, Newton D. Baker

Submissions from 1912

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Newton D. Baker Scrapbook, November 8, 1911-July 17, 1912, Newton D. Baker

Submissions from 1911

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Newton D. Baker Scrapbook, January-November 7, 1911, Newton D. Baker

Submissions from 1910

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Newton D. Baker Scrapbook, June 1908-September 1910, Newton D. Baker

Submissions from 1905

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Newton D. Baker Scrapbook, March-October 1905, Newton D. Baker

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Newton D. Baker Scrapbook, October 1904-February 1905, Newton D. Baker

Submissions from 1904

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Newton D. Baker Scrapbook, 1901-1904, Newton D. Baker