newton d baker

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born Dec. 3, 1871, Martinsburg, W.Va., U.S. died Dec. 25, 1937, Cleveland, Ohio U.S. secretary of war. He practiced law in Martinsburg from 1897. After moving to Cleveland, he was elected mayor (1912-16). He helped obtain the 1912 Democratic presidential nomination for Woodrow Wilson, who appointed him secretary of war (1916-21). Although he was a pacifist, Baker developed a plan for the military draft and oversaw the mobilization of more than four million men during World War I. In 1928 he was appointed to the International Court of Arbitration at The Hague
newton d baker

    Hyphenation

    New·ton d ba·ker

    Turkish pronunciation

    nutın di beykır

    Pronunciation

    /ˈno͞otən ˈdē ˈbākər/ /ˈnuːtən ˈdiː ˈbeɪkɜr/
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