Harold Albert Baker
| Harold Albert Baker | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois | |
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Assumed office October 4, 1994 |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois | |
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In office March 31, 1979 – October 4, 1994 |
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| Preceded by | (new district) |
| Succeeded by | Michael P. McCuskey |
| Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court | |
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In office 1998 – May 18, 2005 |
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| Succeeded by | Malcolm J. Howard |
| Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois | |
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In office 1984–1991 |
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| Preceded by | James Waldo Ackerman |
| Succeeded by | Michael M. Mihm |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois | |
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In office September 23, 1978 – March 31, 1979 |
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| Nominated by | Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | Henry S. Wise |
| Succeeded by | (district eliminated) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1929 (age 87–88) Mt. Kisco, New York |
| Alma mater |
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign University of Illinois College of Law |
Harold Albert Baker (born 1929, Mt. Kisco, New York) is a Senior United States federal judge on the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois, with chambers in Urbana, Illinois. He became a judge in 1978 by way of nomination by President Jimmy Carter, then moved to from the old United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois to the Central District in 1979, and became a senior judge in 1994. He was also a judge on the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court until 2005.
Baker attended Columbia University, then received an A.B. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1951. He was in the United States Navy from 1951 to 1953, obtaining the rank of Lieutenant. He received a J.D. from University of Illinois College of Law in 1956.
He was in private practice of law in Champaign, Illinois from 1956 to 1978, and was an adjunct faculty member of the University of Illinois College of Law from 1972 to 1978. He was senior counsel for the United States President's Commission on CIA activities within the United States in 1975.
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