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  Kassebaum Baker, Nancy Landon
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AffiliationRepublican  
  1985-00-00  
 
NameNancy Landon Kassebaum Baker
Previous Name01/01/1956 - 12/07/1996 Nancy Landon Kassebaum
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Burdick, Kansas , United States
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Born July 29, 1932 (91 years)
ContributorWishful Thinking
Last ModifedRBH
May 24, 2016 09:23pm
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Info(wife of Howard Henry Baker, Jr., now Nancy Kassebaum Baker), a Senator from Kansas; born in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kans., July 29, 1932; attended the public schools of Topeka, Kans.; graduated, University of Kansas 1954; received a graduate degree from the University of Michigan 1956; radio station executive, Wichita, Kans.; member, Kansas governmental ethics commission 1975-1976; member, Kansas committee for the humanities 1975-1979; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate, November 7, 1978, for the six-year term commencing January 3, 1979; subsequently appointed by the Governor, December 23, 1978, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James B. Pearson, for the term ending January 3, 1979; reelected in 1984 and again in 1990 and served from December 23, 1978 to January 3, 1997; not a candidate for reelection in 1996; chairman, Committee on Labor and Human Resources (One Hundred Fourth Congress).

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FAMILY
Husband Howard H. Baker, Jr. Dec 07, 1996-Jun 26, 2014
Son William A. Kassebaum 1962-
Father Alfred M. Landon 1887-1987
Sister Margaret Ann "Peggy" Landon Mills 1917-1995
Brother John Cobb "Jack" Landon 1934-
Mother Theo Cobb Landon 1898-1996
Father In-Law Howard H. Baker 1902-1964
Stepdaughter Cissy Baker 1956-

INFORMATION LINKS
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RACES
  11/06/1990 KS US Senate Won 73.59% (+47.20%)
  08/07/1990 KS US Senate - R Primary Won 87.19% (+74.37%)
  11/06/1984 KS US Senate Won 75.99% (+54.75%)
  12/23/1978 KS US Senate Appointment Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/07/1978 KS US Senate Won 53.86% (+11.45%)
  08/01/1978 KS US Senate - R Primary Won 30.58% (+5.98%)
ENDORSEMENTS
KS Governor - Nov 08, 2022 D Laura Kelly
KS US Senate - Nov 03, 2020 D Barbara Bollier
KS Governor - Nov 06, 2018 D Laura Kelly
KS District 04 - R Primary - Aug 03, 2010 D Jean Kurtis Schodorf
KS US Senate - Special R Primary - Aug 06, 1996 R Sheila Frahm
US Senate Assistant Majority Leader - Jan 03, 1995 R Alan K. Simpson
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Jul 29, 1994 D Stephen G. Breyer
US Ambassador to Switzerland - Feb 09, 1994 NPA Reject
U.S. Surgeon General - Sep 07, 1993 D M. Joycelyn Elders
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Aug 03, 1993 D Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Oct 15, 1991 R Clarence Thomas
LA US Senate - Oct 06, 1990 D J. Bennett Johnston
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Oct 02, 1990 R David Souter
US Secretary of Defense - Mar 09, 1989 NPA Reject
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Feb 03, 1988 R Anthony M. Kennedy
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Oct 23, 1987 R Robert H. Bork
Supreme Court - Chief Justice - Sep 17, 1986 R William H. Rehnquist
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Sep 17, 1986 R Antonin Scalia
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Sep 21, 1981 R Sandra Day O'Connor