# Mrs. Sam Baker — Democracy character guide

> Mrs. Sam Baker in Democracy by Henry Adams.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Mrs. Baker, Mrs. Samuel Baker, Baker

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Snapshot

A pretty, silly young widow from New York, Mrs. Sam Baker enters Washington society under the uneasy guardianship of her late husband's executor.

## Who they are

Mrs. Baker's husband died after a short illness, leaving her and her child well provided for but also leaving compromising papers in the hands of his executor, who now finds himself responsible for the widow's welfare. She is a silly little woman by his own account, pretty enough to embody his idea of feminine perfection, and her arrival in Washington sets her adrift among the capital's social and political currents. Her situation quietly raises the question of how a woman with money, beauty, and no protector navigates a city where every friendship carries an interest.

## In the story

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/democracy_se/chapters/viii)

Visits Mrs. Lee uninvited, discusses Carrington, and shows a lack of understanding of art.

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