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Howard H. Baker, Jr. Letter with Autograph, 1974

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Howard H. Baker, Jr. Letter with Autograph, 1974
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Washington, D.C......, 1974. Typewritten letter and accompanying postal cover from Howard H. Baker, Jr., on United States Senate, Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities letterhead. The letter is addressed to Matthew L. Lifflander, and discusses testimony about his $1,000 contribution to Senator Edmund Muskie's Presidential campaign. The testimony was received by the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities during an Executive Session, stating that "Lifflander was compensated for the amount of this contribution and income tax obligation by the payment of a bill that he submitted to the Hertz Corporation, for which no services were performed." A copy of the Committee Rules was included for Lifflander's reference. Signed at bottom by Howard H. Baker Jr., Vice Chairman. Howard Henry Baker Jr. (November 15, 1925 - June 26, 2014) was an American politician and diplomat who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1967 to 1985. During his tenure, he rose to the rank of Senate Minority Leader and then Senate Majority Leader. A member of the Republican Party, Baker was the first Republican to be elected to the US Senate in Tennessee since the Reconstruction era. Known in Washington, D.C., as the "Great Conciliator", Baker was often regarded as one of the most successful senators in terms of brokering compromises, enacting legislation, and maintaining civility. For example, he had a lead role in the fashioning and passing of the Clean Air Act of 1970 with Democratic senator Edmund Muskie. A moderate conservative, he was also respected by his Democratic colleagues. Baker sought the Republican presidential nomination in 1980 but dropped out after the first set of primaries. From 1987 to 1988, he served as White House Chief of Staff for President Ronald Reagan. From 2001 to 2005, he was the United States Ambassador to Japan.