Education
He graduated from Michigan State College in 1889 and studied law at the University of Michigan.
He graduated from Michigan State College in 1889 and studied law at the University of Michigan.
Under the pseudonym of "David Grayson," he wrote books of philosophical essays on contentment, friendship, and understanding. He acted as State Department special commissioner to Great Britain, France, and Italy in 1918. In 1919 he served with the American Peace Commission under President Woodrow Wilson. In 1919 he served with the American Peace Commission under President Woodrow Wilson. Becoming closely associated with Wilson, he was made director of the press bureau of the American Commission to Negotiate Peace, a post he held until Wilson's death. At Wilson's request, Baker was made his official biographer.