LaMar Baker

Republican Representative of Tennessee's 3rd district

Congresses Served

House Terms

January 1, 1915 (88 years old)

Birthday

January 1, 2003

Death

Served two terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1975.
Was a member of both houses of the Tennessee State Legislature before his tenure in Congress.
Attended David Lipscomb College (now Lipscomb University) and Harding College (now Harding University), both affiliated with the Churches of Christ.
Served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II from 1942 to 1946.
Was a successful businessman in the Chattanooga area prior to his political career.
Won a very close race for Congress in 1970, aided by the coattails of other Republican victories.
Re-elected in 1972 during a Republican landslide year.
Defeated for re-election in 1974 by Democrat Marilyn Lloyd, amidst the backdrop of the Watergate scandal and the sympathy for Lloyd’s widow status.
Lost again in a rematch against Lloyd in 1976.
Served as the regional representative to the United States Secretary of Transportation from 1981 to 1985 during Ronald Reagan’s administration.
Lived his later years in Nashville and is interred at Woodlawn Cemetery in Nashville.