Richard Baker

Richard Baker was the Senate Historian, the first ever. He retired this August. I enjoyed - and continue to dip into his brilliant book "200 Notable Days: Senate Stories 1787 to 2002". For many years he opened up the weekly luncheon of the Senate Democratic caucus with a brief anedote from the history of the Senate. These are now available on the Senate website.

C-SPAN recently filmed a conversation with Mr Baker