Interview with Walter A. Baker, September 8, 1988
Project: Kentucky Legislature Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Baker (House 1968-1970, 23rd district; Senate 1972-1986; 1990-1996, 9th district; Republican) discusses the impact of Louie B. Nunn's gubernatorial victory on his own legislative career, Republican leadership selection methods and he contrasts his terms in the House and the Senate. He reflects on the leadership styles of governors Nunn, Ford, Carroll and Brown , the reorganization of the committee system, and legislative salaries, and professional versus citizen legislators. He concludes the interview giving his impressions of the governor under which he served at the time of the interview, Wallace Wilkinson.Interview Accession
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AFL-CIO Allen County (Ky.) Baker, Walter A., 1937-2010 Baker, Walter A., 1937-2010--Interviews Barren County (Ky.) Butler County (Ky.) Carroll, Julian Morton, 1931- DeMarcus, Harold Edmonson County (Ky.) Ford, Wendell H., 1924- Kentucky. General Assembly--Reform Kentucky. Governor (1967-1971 : Nunn) Kentucky. Governor (1971-1974 : Ford) Kentucky. Governor (1979-1983 : Brown) Kentucky. Governor (1987-1991 : Wilkinson) Legislators -- Kentucky -- Interviews Lindsay, Gross C. Metcalfe County (Ky.) Monroe County (Ky.) Nunn, Louie B., 1924-2004 Ohio County (Ky.) Simpson County (Ky.)Interview Rights
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Baker, Walter A. Interview by David Breaux. 08 Sep. 1988. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Baker, W.A. (1988, September 08). Interview by D. Breaux. Kentucky Legislature Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Baker, Walter A., interview by David Breaux. September 08, 1988, Kentucky Legislature Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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