In 2011, Baker ran for Cherokee Nation principal chief against the 12-year incumbent Chad Smith.
•
First elected in October 2011, Baker defeated three-term incumbent Chief Chad Smith.
Bill John Baker was elected Principal Chief in the special election and inaugurated in October 2011.
•
The Cherokee Nation held general elections for Principal Chief between challenger Bill John Baker, a longtime Cherokee Nation councilman, and Chad Smith, the incumbent Principal Chief, on June 24, 2011.
Bill Clinton | John F. Kennedy | Pope John Paul II | Elton John | John | John Lennon | John Wayne | John McCain | The Bill | John Kerry | John Cage | Bill Gates | Olivia Newton-John | John Williams | John Peel | John Adams | John Steinbeck | Bill Cosby | John Travolta | John Milton | John Zorn | John Marshall | John Howard | John Singer Sargent | John Ruskin | John Updike | John Maynard Keynes | John Coltrane | John Cleese | St. John's |