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She was the stepmother of Tennessee senator [[Howard Baker|Howard Henry Baker, Jr.]]<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/08/style/nancy-kassebaum-and-howard-baker.html Nancy Kassebaum and Howard Baker]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved June 29, 2021.</ref>
She was the stepmother of Tennessee senator [[Howard Baker|Howard Henry Baker, Jr.]]<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/08/style/nancy-kassebaum-and-howard-baker.html Nancy Kassebaum and Howard Baker]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved June 29, 2021.</ref>
==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]],<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.}}
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