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Irene Bailey Baker

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Date

1964

Maker

Harris & Ewing

Dimensions

8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)

Accession Number

PA2011.08.0057b

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

Irene Bailey Baker was elected to Congress in 1964 on a “widow’s mandate,” succeeding a powerful and well-connected husband who died so suddenly that party leaders were unprepared to name a long-term successor. Baker ran to fill the seat, and her somber photograph as a Representative reminded constituents that she was in mourning for her husband.

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