Title: Howard Baker and Barry Goldwater Photograph

Date/Date Range :   circa 1970s

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection consist of a single photograph of Howard Baker, Jr., in a conversation with Barry Goldwater.

Call number: MS-2748

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

This collection was donated to Special Collections in March 2006.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], Howard Baker and Barry Goldwater Photograph, MS-2748. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of a single folder.

Howard H. Baker, Jr. served three terms as a United States Senator from Tennessee (1967-1985) and was Tennessee's first popularly elected Republican Senator. He rose to national prominence during the Watergate Hearings of 1973-1974 as Vice Chairman of the Senate Watergate Committee, the highest ranking Republican on the Committee. He served as Minority Leader of the Senate from 1977-1981 and as Majority Leader from 1981 until he retired from the Senate at the end of this third term in January, 1985. He was a candidate for the 1980 Republican presidential nomination and served as President Ronald Reagan's Chief of Staff in 1987-1988. For the next thirteen years he worked in several Tennessee law firms. In 2001 President George W. Bush appointed him as U.S. Ambassador to Japan.

This collection consist of a single photograph depicting Howard Baker, Jr., in a conversation with Barry Goldwater.

• Baker, Howard H. (Howard Henry), 1925- .
• Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909- .
• United States. Congress. Senate -- Leadership.