of Education, and voted in favor of the Civil Rights Act of 1960 and the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, but did not vote on the Civil Rights Act of 1957. Death Baker died, following a heart attack, at Fort Sanders Presbyterian Hospital, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, January 7, 1964, five days before his 62nd birthday. He is interred at Sherwood Memorial Gardens, Alcoa, Tennessee. Tennessee State Route 63 is named Congressman Howard H. Baker Highway in his honor. Baker is probably best remembered as the father of Howard H. Baker Jr., a three-term U.S. senator from Tennessee and United States Senate Majority Leader who later served as White House Chief of Staff under Ronald Reagan and was the former United States Ambassador to Japan. See also List of United States Congress members who died in office (1950–99) References External links Howard and Irene Baker Papers, University of Tennessee Knoxville Libraries 1902 births 1964 deaths American corporate directors American newspaper publishers (people) American Presbyterians People from Scott County, Tennessee People from Somerset, Kentucky State attorneys Tennessee lawyers University of Tennessee alumni University of Tennessee College of Law alumni Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee 20th-century American lawyers 20th-century American politicians