Richard A. Baker (historian)

Richard Baker
1st Historian of the United States Senate
In office
1975–2009
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byDonald A. Ritchie
Personal details
Born (1940-03-18) March 18, 1940 (age 84)
EducationUniversity of Massachusetts, Amherst (BA)
Michigan State University (MA)
Columbia University (MLS)
University of Maryland, College Park (PhD)

Richard Allan Baker (born March 18, 1940) was the first Historian of the United States Senate, serving through August 2009.[1] He directed the United States Senate Historical Office from the time of its creation in 1975.[2]

He wrote a weekly column on Senate history for a Washington newspaper (The Hill) and is the co-author (with Neil MacNeil) of the D.B. Hardeman Prize-winning The American Senate: An Insider's History, published in 2013, a history of Senate rules and customs.[3][4]

  1. ^ Fuller, Andrea (August 7, 2009). "Senate Historian Reflects on 34 Years of Queries". The New York Times. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference AHA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Baker, Richard A.; MacNeil, Neil (2013). The American Senate: An Insider's History. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195367614.
  4. ^ "D. B. Hardeman Prize". Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library. Retrieved June 29, 2023.