Background
Baker, James Addison was born on November 3, 1892 in Houston, Texas, United States. Son of James Addison and Alice (Graham) Baker.
Baker, James Addison was born on November 3, 1892 in Houston, Texas, United States. Son of James Addison and Alice (Graham) Baker.
AB, Princeton University, 1915; Bachelor of Laws, University Texas, 1917.
Private practice, Houston, from 1919;
senior partner, Baker, Botts, Shepherd & Coates, Houston. President, director Graham Realty Company, Houston. Advisory director, chairman of the executive committee Texas National Bank Commerce, Houston.
President, director Trinity Petroleum Trust.
Trustee Norman Meldrum Children's Library. Fund, McManis Mission Tust. Served from Second lieutenant to captain 359th Infantry, 90th Division, United States Army, 1917-1919.
Member English-Speaking Union (director), Chamber of Commerce (past director, treasurer), American, Houston bar associations, Ex-Student's Association University Texas, Eagle Lake Rod and Gun Club, River Oaks Country Club, Houston Country Club, Houston Club(Houston), Phi Delta Theta.
Married Ethel Bonner Means, August 4, 1917. Children: James Addison III, Bonner Means Moffitt.
