Senator Howard Baker (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 2000 Hardcover 4vo. This book is "as new" in original plastic wrap. Never opened.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Glossy pictorial hardcover binding is clean and tight. The interior and text are clean and unmarked. NOT ex-lib. A clean, tight copy; like new. Profusely illustrated. 144pp. This book is over-sized, so it will require additional shipping charges on all priority and international orders.

Condition: Very good. - Typed letter filling one side of a 10-1/2 inch high by 8 inch wide sheet of United States Senate letterhead with "Howard H. Baker, Jr. / Tennessee" printed at top left. Boldly signed "Howard H. Baker, Jr." The top edge & bottom left corner of the letter are lightly creased and there are small marks & pinholes at top left & top center where staples have been removed. There is a notation penned at top right "Reply for Gov. signature". A carbon copy of Agnew's reply, thanking Baker for the recommendation, is also present. Baker's letter is folded twice for mailing. Very good. Howard H Baker., Jr. (1925-2014) was an American politician and diplomat who served as 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. Baker writes to Agnew:"It occurred to me that you might be looking for a personal pilot somewhere in the Air Force for service after January 20. If this selection has not been made, let me suggest that you take a look at Lieutenant Colonel Tom May.Colonel May is a thoroughly professional Air Force officer who is dependable and one in whom you could have complete confidence.".

Framed Letter. Condition: Near fine. White House letter from President Jimmy Carter to Senator Howard H. Baker Jr., framed and matted, with signed photograph of President Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter. (illustrator). Signed Letter. Measures 24" x 16". Cherry wood frame, archival museum glass, double matte, green over maroon. Spot of rubbing to right side of frame. Color photograph of President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter leaving Marine One, signed by both. The White House letter is dated March 10th, 1980. It is thanking Senate Minority Leader, Howard H. Baker Jr. of Tennessee, for his support for a bipartisan economic summit to combat inflation. An attractive piece. President Carter struggled to combat inflation during his 4-year presidency. With the energy crisis of 1979, fuel prices rose dramatically and so did inflation. Inflation rates hit 13.5% in 1980, the highest level in decades. In this letter to Senate Minority Leader Baker, a Republican, President Carter notes that inflation "transcends partisan political considerations." Soon after this letter, Carter would announce that the economy had slipped into recession. With 1980 being an election year and the economy in recession, the reelection hopes of President Carter were dashed. Ronald Reagan would inherit the economic issues of the late 1970s. Signed.