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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeIrene Bailey BAKER
(1901-1994)
BAKER, Irene Bailey, (wife
of Howard Henry Baker and stepmother of Howard Henry Baker, Jr.), a
Representative from Tennessee; born Edith Irene Bailey, November
17, 1901, in Sevierville, Sevier County, Tenn., attended the public
schools of Sevierville and Maryville; studied music; deputy county
court clerk, 1918-1922; deputy clerk and master, Chancery Court,
Sevierville, Tenn., 1922-1924; Republican National Committeewoman
for Tennessee 1960-1964; elected as a Republican to the
Eighty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
her husband, Howard H. Baker, serving from March 10, 1964, to
January 3, 1965; was not a candidate in 1964 for renomination to
the Eighty-ninth Congress; director, Public Welfare, city of
Knoxville, 1965-1971; was a resident of Knoxville, Tenn., until her
death in Loudon, Tenn., on April 2, 1994.
Bibliography
”Irene Bailey Baker” in Women in Congress,
1917-2006. Prepared under the direction of the Committee on
House Administration by the Office of History & Preservation,
U. S. House of Representatives. Washington: Government Printing
Office, 2006.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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