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{{cquote|...the lady with whom I got caught playing gin rummy on election day, 1950, when the preacher came to the Dirksen home to visit . . . the lady who shared the back of a truck with Dick Gregory in South Chicago in a rainstorm one night in 1962, and who made a wonderful speech for her husband . . . and the lady who was positively uncanny in bringing her leader back on the beam whenever he started flying too high.}}

{{cquote|...the lady with whom I got caught playing gin rummy on election day, 1950, when the preacher came to the Dirksen home to visit . . . the lady who shared the back of a truck with Dick Gregory in South Chicago in a rainstorm one night in 1962, and who made a wonderful speech for her husband . . . and the lady who was positively uncanny in bringing her leader back on the beam whenever he started flying too high.}}

His daughter Joy Dirksen was married to [[Tennessee]] [[Moderate Republican]] [[Howard Baker]] until her death in 1993 due to cancer.<ref>UPI Archives (April 25, 1993). [https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/04/25/Joy-Baker-dead-at-64/6787735710400/ Joy Baker dead at 64]. ''United Press International''. Retrieved June 19, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1993/04/26/civic-activist-joy-baker-senate-leaders-wife-dies/671d7e3b-9062-404d-9df0-414c082a128d/]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved June 19, 2021.</ref>

His daughter Joy Dirksen was married to [[Tennessee]] [[Moderate Republican]] [[Howard Baker]] until her death in 1993 due to cancer.<ref>UPI Archives (April 25, 1993). [https://www.upi.com/Archives/1993/04/25/Joy-Baker-dead-at-64/6787735710400/ Joy Baker dead at 64]. ''United Press International''. Retrieved June 19, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1993/04/26/civic-activist-joy-baker-senate-leaders-wife-dies/671d7e3b-9062-404d-9df0-414c082a128d/ CIVIC ACTIVIST JOY BAKER, SENATE LEADER'S WIFE, DIES]. ''The Washington Post''. Retrieved June 19, 2021.</ref>

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