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Nancy Josephine Kassebaum Baker ( née Landon; born July 29, 1932 [1]) is an American politician from Kansas who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1978 to 1997.
Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker (* 29. Juli 1932 in Topeka, Kansas) ist eine ehemalige US-amerikanische Politikerin ( Republikanische Partei ), die den Bundesstaat Kansas im US-Senat vertrat.
24. Apr. 2024 · Nancy Kassebaum, U.S. Republican politician who was the first woman to represent Kansas in the U.S. Senate. She served from 1978 to 1997. During her tenure, she focused on health care issues and worked to end apartheid in South Africa. Learn more about her life and career.
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The daughter of Alfred M. Landon, the Republican governor of Kansas who challenged Franklin Roosevelt in the 1936 presidential election, Kassebaum served three terms in the Senate, beginning on December 3, 1978.
17. Okt. 2022 · Nancy Jo Landon Kassebaum Baker represented the State of Kansas in the United States Senate from 1978 to 1997. She is the daughter of Alf Landon, who was Governor of Kansas from 1933 to 1937 and the 1936 Republican nominee for president, and the widow of former Senator and diplomat Howard Baker.
When he chose not to seek reelection in 1978, Kassebaum entered the race and won a hard fought primary and general election. She was the first woman to represent Kansas in the U.S. Senate.
As a U.S. senator from Kansas, Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker (born 1932) was a political maverick whose stands ranged from support of the Equal Rights Amendment and a woman's right to choose abortion to support for the failed nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court.
