Difference between revisions of "Irene Baker"
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{{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.}} | ||
| − | Baker also supported [[school prayer]].<ref name=history.house.gov/> | + | Baker also supported [[school prayer]].<ref name=history.house.gov/> After potential Republican opponents in the primary chose not to run, she faced Democrat Willard Yarbrough (no relation to the [[Ralph Yarborough|Texas senator]]), the ''Knoxville News-Sentinel'' assistant editor, in the general election. Baker easily won the general election in the traditional Republican stronghold, defeating Yarbrough by twelve points.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=423658 TN District 2 - Special Election Race - Mar 10, 1964]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved June 29, 2021.</ref> |
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Revision as of 15:01, 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] After potential Republican opponents in the primary chose not to run, she faced Democrat Willard Yarbrough (no relation to the Texas senator), the Knoxville News-Sentinel assistant editor, in the general election. Baker easily won the general election in the traditional Republican stronghold, defeating Yarbrough by twelve points.[3]
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.
- ↑ TN District 2 - Special Election Race - Mar 10, 1964. Our Campaigns. Retrieved June 29, 2021.