'''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. | '''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. |