Nancy Landon Kassebaum BakerThe daughter of Kansas' 26th governor, Nancy Landon Kassebaum (Baker) was born in Topeka on July 23, 1932. Active in the family communications business and a member of the Maize school board, Kassebaum took a job in Senator James B. Pearson's office in 1975. When he chose not to seek reelection in 1978, Kassebaum entered the race and won hard fought primary and general elections. Senator-elect Kassebaum officially took office on December 23, 1978, when she was appointed to fill the vacancy left by Pearson’s resignation. Senator Kassebaum chose not to seek reelection in 1996, and shortly before leaving office she married former Tennessee senator Howard H. Baker, Jr. |
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