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  Kassebaum Baker, Nancy Landon
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NameNancy Landon Kassebaum Baker
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Burdick, Kansas , United States
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Born July 29, 1932
Died Still Living (92 years)
ContributorWishful Thinking
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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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  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%)
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Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Jul 29, 1994 D Stephen G. Breyer
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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
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