LaMar Baker

A Representative from Tennessee. Born in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tenn. , December 29, 1915. Attended the Chattanooga public schools. Attended David Lipscomb College, Nashville, Tenn. , 1936-1938. B. S. , Harding College, Searcy, Ark. , 1940. United States Army Air Corps, 1942-1946. Member of the Tennessee state general assembly, 1967-1968. Member of the Tennessee state senator, 1969-1970. Business owner. Trustee, Boyd-Buchanan School. Delegate to Tennessee State Republican conventions, 1964-1972. Delegate to Republican National Convention, 1972. Elected as a Republican to the Ninety-second and Ninety-third Congresses (January 3, 1971-January 3, 1975). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fourth Congress in 1974. Unsuccessful candidate for election to the Ninety-fifth Congress in 1976. Regional representative to the secretary of the U. S. Department of Transportation, 1981-1985. Died on June 20, 2003, Nashville, Tenn. Interment in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Nashville, Tenn.