Irene Baker

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Irene Baker

Irene Bailey Baker (born November 17, 1901 in Sevierville , Sevier County , Tennessee , †  April 2, 1994 in Loudon , Tennessee) was an American politician . Between 1964 and 1965 she represented the state of Tennessee in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Edith Irene Bailey, her maiden name, attended the public schools in her home country and then studied music. Between 1918 and 1924 she was an assistant bailiff in various courts in Tennessee. After the death of her first husband, she worked for the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). In 1935 she married Howard Henry Baker, who later became Congressman . This also made her the stepmother of the future US Senator Howard Baker, born in 1925, and his sister. She had a daughter with her husband.

Like her husband, Irene Baker was a member of the Republican Party . Between 1960 and 1964 she was a member of the Republican National Committee . After the sudden death of her husband, who was still a congressman at the time, she was elected as its successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC at the due by-election for the second seat of Tennessee , where she got her new one on March 10, 1964 Took office. She had declared from the start that she only wanted to end the current legislative term of her late husband and kept this promise by not running again in the 1964 congressional elections . By January 3, 1965, she ended the current term of office. During her time as a MP, she was a member of the House Committee on Government Operations . She campaigned for a balanced budget and promoted, among other things, coal mining, TVA and the development of nuclear energy.

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Baker worked for the city of Knoxville as head of the social welfare office between 1965 and 1971 . She also spent her old age in this city. Irene Baker died in Loudon on April 2, 1994.

Web links

  • Irene Baker in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Baker, Irene
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bailey, Edith Irene (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 17, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Sevierville , Tennessee
DATE OF DEATH April 2, 1994
Place of death Loudon , Tennessee