Harold Baker

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Harold A. Baker is an Article III federal judge for the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois. He joined the court in 1978 after being nominated by President Jimmy Carter.

Early life and education

Baker attended Columbia University-Chicago before transferring to the University of Illinois-Champaign/Urbana in which he earned his Bachelor's Degree in 1951 and his juris doctoral degree in 1956 ^[1]. Baker also served in the US Navy from 1951 to 1953.

Professional Legal Career

Before being appointed to the Federal Bench, Baker was a Private practice attorney in Champaign, IL from 1956 to 1978 the year of his federal judge appointment. Baker during his private practice tenure served as a Adjunct faculty member for the University of Illinois College of Law from 1972-1978 and also served as Senior counsel under the Gerald Ford Administration for the President's Commission on CIA Activities in the United States in 1975^[2].

Federal judicial career

On the recommendation of Senator Adlai E. Stevenson III, Baker was nominated by Jimmy Carter on August 9, 1978 to a seat vacated by the retirement of Henry Wise. Baker was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on September 22, 1978, and received commission on September 23, 1978. Service terminated on March 31, 1979, due to assignment to another court. Baker's appointment happened under the former United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois. On March 31, 1979, the court was reassigned to the Central District as a new Illinois District was created that paved the way for the current Federal District Court alignment in the State of Illinois^[3]. Baker served as the court's chief judge from 1984 to 1991 before assuming senior status on October 4, 1994.

Other judges in the Central District of Illinois

Article III judges

Harold Baker Urbana Michael McCuskey Urbana Joe McDade Peoria

Michael Mihm Peoria Richard Mills Springfield Jean Scott Springfield

Magistrate judges

David Bernthal Urbana Byron Cudmore Springfield

Charles Evans Springfield John Gorman Peoria

References

	v • d • e Federal judges of the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois
Active judges	McCuskey • McDade • Mihm • Scott
Senior judges	Baker • Mills
Magistrate judges	Bernthal • Cudmore • Evans • Gorman
Former judges	Ackerman • Morgan • Wise

	v • d • e Federal judges nominated by Jimmy Carter
1977	Ballantine • Bownes • Boyle • Bua • Carr • Clark • Cowan • Daly • Filippine • Higginbotham • Hoeveler • Hug • Johnstone • Kane • Keith • Leval • Logan • MacLaughlin • McKay • Melton • Merritt • Murphy • Nickerson • Oberdorfer • Roszkowski • Roy • Rubin • Sifton • Tang • Vance • Veron
1978	Arnold • Baker • Boyle • Burns • Campos • Claiborne • Collins • Cook • Devine • Diamond • Duplantier • Edenfield • Friedman • Gonzalez • Greene • Jenkins • Lowe • Mazzone • McMillian • O'Brien • Pfaelzer • Phillips • Pollak • Sand • Shapiro • Simmons • Smith • Sweet • Tanner • Wiseman • Ziegler
1979	Ackerman • Alarcon • Anderson • Arceneaux • Arnold • Aspen • Beatty • Beer • Belew • Bertelsman • Bilby • N. Black • S. Black • Bloch • Bowen • Brett • Brooks • Brown • Buchmeyer • Bunton • Burciaga • Cabranes • Carr • Carrigan • Castagna • Cire • Clark • Cohn • Conaboy • Cordova • Crabb • Cudahy • Davis • DeAnda • Debevoise • Edwards • Eginton • Ellison • Enslen • O. Evans • T. Evans • Farris • Ferguson • Fletcher • Frye • Garcia • Garza • B. Gibson • H. Gibson • Gierbolini-Ortiz • Giles • Gilliam • Green • Hall • Hastings • Hatchett • Hatfield • Hatter • Hawkins • Henderson • Higby • Hillman • Houck • Howard • Hudspeth • Hungate • F. Johnson • S. Johnson • N. Jones • S. Jones • Karlton • Kazen • Kearse • Keeton • Kehoe • Kennedy • Kidd • King • Kravitch • Loughlin • Martin • McCurn • McDonald • McNaught • McNichols • Mikva • Mitchell • Moran • Murnaghan • Murphy • D. Nelson • D.W. Nelson • Newblatt • Newman • Overton • Paine • Panner • J. Parker • R. Parker • Penn • Perez-Gimenez • Perry • Politz • Poole • Porter • Pregerson • Price • Rambo • Ramirez • Reavley • Redden • E. Reed • S. Reed • Reinhardt • Renner • Robinson • Rothstein • Sachs • Saffels • Sanders • Sarokin • Schroeder • Schwartz • Seay • Senter • Seymour • Shannon • Shaw • Shoob • Skopil • Sloviter • Sofaer • Spellman • Sprouse • Staker • Tate • Taylor • Thompson • Tidwell • Unthank • Vietor • Vining • Wald • Ward • Weinshienk • West • Wicker • Williams • Winder • Woods • Wright • Zobel
1980	Aguilar • Aldrich • Anderson • Boochever • Breyer • Britt • Cahill • Canby • Carroll • Cerezo • Clemon • S. Ervin • R. Erwin • Getzendanner • Gilmore • Ginsburg • Haltom • Hardy • Henderson • Hobbs • Holschuh • Horton • Howard • Johnson • Keep • Kelly • Kenyon • Kocoras • Marquez • Marshall • Michael • Nixon • Norris • Patel • Polozola • Propst • Quackenbush • Ramsey • Rice • Shadur • Spiegel • Tashima • Thompson • Vela • White • Williams
1981	Heen