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Apr 26, 1993 · Joy Dirksen Baker, 64, the wife of former White House chief of staff and Senate majority leader Howard H. Baker Jr. (R-Tenn.) and the daughter of former Senate minority leader Everett M....
- Helping Others
- Baker's Foray Into Politics
- Alcohol, Opioids Grabbed Hold
- Drinking Began in College, Drugs After A Back Injury in 2000
- Aa, Na Meetings Help with Recovery
- Starting A Recovery Center
- Her Mother, Joy Baker, and The Lincoln Desk
Her dreams include establishing a facility for women in Huntsville, Tennessee, on the Courthouse Square near where the family home was located, because of the need in Scott County. She also would work to become a certified counselor in Tennessee, she said. “I am proud to be a recovering alcoholic. It is so rewarding and a privilege to help others. ...
Her reference to holding her nose to vote is that McLean is strongly Democratic in elections. Cissy Baker is a Republican, like her father, and ran for U.S. Congress in 1982 to represent the 4th District. She won the GOP primary but lost the general election to Democrat Jim Cooper. Cooper represents a different district in Tennessee today. SUPPORT ...
She said she has been sober from alcoholism since 1985 and then recovered from opioid addiction in 2000 by going through a recovery center program. Her training has included completion of courses at Northern Virginia Community College in Alexandria to be a certified substance abuse counselor and other classes to be a certified peer recovery support...
Cissy Baker said in the interview that she reached her conclusion about being born an alcoholic after taking several courses in which she learned how alcohol is absorbed in the body, she said. “The onset of alcoholism appears in different people at different times,” she said. In her own case, she began drinking heavily out of college, she said. “I ...
She attends Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous meetings, sometimes six or seven times a week, she said. “If you stop going to AA meetings, chances are you will relapse,” she said. Whenever she has visited Huntsville, she said she had to be “very careful” because there is only one place in Scott County where she could attend AA meetings. S...
She said in 2015 that she wanted to return to Scott County to live, since she owns property there. Today, she also would like to start a recovery center “to help people there,” she said. She and her brother have majority interest in the building on Courthouse Square in Huntsville where her father’s law firm office still operates on the first floor....
Cissy Baker’s mother, Joy Dirksen Baker, was the only child of the late U.S. Sen. Everest Dirksen of Illinois, who was Senate minority leader in 1959-69. Her grandfather once bought a desk in Springfield, Illinois, believed to be used by President Abraham Lincoln when he was a traveling lawyer. The desk was in the family home in Huntsville and, aft...
Apr 25, 1993 · WASHINGTON -- Joy Dirksen Baker, daughter of one Senate Republican leader and wife of another, has died at the age of 64, her husband's Washington law firm said Sunday.
Jan 22, 2023 · The story goes that Howard Baker pushed Joy Dirksen into the rosebush because he was annoyed. He later visited her and apologized.
Apr 27, 1993 · Joy Baker, the wife and daughter of United States Senators, died Saturday at her home here. She was 64 and had been battling cancer for 11 years. Mrs. Baker was the daughter of the late Senator...
Howard Henry Baker Jr. (November 15, 1925 – June 26, 2014) was an American politician, diplomat and photographer who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1967 to 1985. During his tenure, he rose to the rank of Senate Minority Leader and then Senate Majority Leader.
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Everett McKinley Dirksen (January 4, 1896 – September 7, 1969) was an American politician. A Republican, he represented Illinois in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. As Senate Minority Leader from 1959 until his death in 1969, he played a highly visible and key role in the politics of the 1960s.
