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Alf Landon
Coverage of Alf Landon in the Nexus archive.
- Nancy Kassebaum Baker, trailblazing GOP senator who broke barriers for women in Congress, dead at 94
Former Republican Sen. Nancy Kassebaum Baker of Kansas died at age 94 from natural causes. She served in the U.S. Senate for three terms, initially winning election in 1978 and serving until 1997. Throughout her career, she was known as an independent-minded Senator who worked across party lines and maintained a focus on Kansas.