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After her husband, the incumbent U.S. representative for Tennessee's 2nd district, died at the age of sixty-one in early January 1964 from a [[heart attack]],<ref name=history.house.gov>[https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/8855 BAKER, Irene Bailey]. ''US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives''. Retrieved June 29, 2021.</ref> she ran for the seat with the backing of the state GOP. Baker campaigned on her husband's record, stating: | After her husband, the incumbent U.S. representative for Tennessee's 2nd district, died at the age of sixty-one in early January 1964 from a [[heart attack]],<ref name=history.house.gov>[https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/8855 BAKER, Irene Bailey]. ''US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives''. Retrieved June 29, 2021.</ref> she ran for the seat with the backing of the state GOP. Baker campaigned on her husband's record, stating: | ||
{{cquote|I am for full employment at Oak Ridge, in the coal mining regions, in more industry for the district, for a balanced budget and fiscal responsibility and for a reduction in taxes based on a reduction in federal expenditures.}} | {{cquote|I am for full employment at Oak Ridge, in the coal mining regions, in more industry for the district, for a balanced budget and fiscal responsibility and for a reduction in taxes based on a reduction in federal expenditures.}} | ||
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| + | Baker also supported [[school prayer]].<ref name=history.house.gov/> | ||
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Revision as of 14:57, June 29, 2021
Edith Irene Bailey Baker (November 17, 1901 – April 2, 1994), usually referred to as Irene Baker, was a Republican from Tennessee who briefly represented the state's second congressional district in the United States House of Representatives during the 1960s. She succeeded her late husband Howard Baker, Sr., who died in office.
She was the stepmother of Tennessee senator Howard Henry Baker, Jr.[1]
U.S. House of Representatives
After her husband, the incumbent U.S. representative for Tennessee's 2nd district, died at the age of sixty-one in early January 1964 from a heart attack,[2] she ran for the seat with the backing of the state GOP. Baker campaigned on her husband's record, stating:
| “ | I am for full employment at Oak Ridge, in the coal mining regions, in more industry for the district, for a balanced budget and fiscal responsibility and for a reduction in taxes based on a reduction in federal expenditures. | ” |
Baker also supported school prayer.[2]
References
- ↑ Nancy Kassebaum and Howard Baker. The New York Times. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 BAKER, Irene Bailey. US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives. Retrieved June 29, 2021.