James A. Baker (born 1857)
James Addison Baker was an American attorney and banker in Houston, Texas. He was born James Addison Baker, Junior, and "Junior" appeared in his signature for many years. After the death of his father in 1897, he started signing his name "Captain James A. Baker," and from that point on people referred to him as Captain Baker.
Commercial National Bank Building, Houston, which Baker cofounded
The family gravesite: Alice Baker Jones (foreground), Alice Graham Baker (left), Graham Baker (center), and Captain James A. Baker (right).
James Addison Baker III is an American attorney, diplomat and statesman. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 10th White House Chief of Staff and 67th United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Ronald Reagan and the 61st U.S. Secretary of State before returning as the 16th White House Chief of Staff under President George H. W. Bush.
Official portrait, 1989
"The Troika" (from left to right) Chief of Staff James Baker, Counselor to the President Ed Meese, Deputy Chief of Staff Michael Deaver at the White House, December 2, 1981
President Ronald Reagan announcing the nomination of James Baker to be Secretary of the Treasury and the appointment of Donald Regan as White House Chief of Staff on January 8, 1985. A job-swap that both Baker and Regan agreed to swap with.
Secretary of the Treasury James Baker with U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker at the White House Press Room during President Reagan announcement of Allan Greenspan nomination to be the new Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank on June 2, 1987.
