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BORN:
December 3, 1871;
Martinsburg, West Virginia

DIED:
December 25, 1937 (age 66);
Shaker Heights, Ohio

EDUCATION:
Johns Hopkins University (BA, 1892)
Washington and Lee University (LLB, 1894)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat

HIGHLIGHTS:
1896-1897:
Private Secretary to Postmaster General William L. Wilson
1897-1899:
Attorney in Martinsburg, WV
1899:
Attorney in Cleveland, Ohio
1901-1902:
First Assistant City Solicitor in Cleveland, Ohio
1902-1912
City Solicitor, Cleveland, Ohio
1912-1915:
Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio
1916-1921:
U.S. Secretary of War

RESOURCES:

A group of people outside the White House, including President Woodrow Wilson on the right and Secretary of War Newton Baker second from right (Library of Congress)

Ohio History Central
Miller Center
Encyclopedia of Cleveland History
West Virginia Encyclopedia
Papers (Library of Congress)
U.S. Army
Wikipedia

NEWTON D. BAKER, JR.

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