Research topic: James Addison Baker 3d

James Addison Baker, 3d 1930-, U.S. political leader, b. Houston, Tex. After graduating from Princeton Univ., he served in the U.S. Marines and earned a law degree from the Univ. of Texas. A successful corporate lawyer, he switched from the Democratic to the Republican party in 1970 and served (1975-76) as undersecretary of commerce during Gerald Ford 's administration. Baker was campaign manager for Ford in his unsuccessful bid for a second term in 1976 and for George H. W. Bush in his unsuccessful bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 1980. Under President Ronald Reagan... Read more