Elaine Baxter

Elaine Baxter
27th Iowa Secretary of State
In office
1987–1995
Preceded by Mary Jane Odell
Succeeded by Paul Pate
Personal details
Born (1933-01-16) January 16, 1933
Political party Democrat
Spouse(s) Harry Youngs Baxter
Children 3
Residence Burlington, Iowa
Alma mater University of Illinois

Elaine Bland Baxter (born January 16, 1933 Chicago, Illinois) is an American politician and school teacher from Iowa. She currently resides in Burlington, Iowa.

Family

She is the daughter of Clarence Arthur Bland and Margaret Clark Bland.[1] She married Harry Youngs Baxter, in 1954; they have three children, Katherine, Harry and John.[2]

Education

She received her B.A. in International Affairs from the University of Illinois in 1954, a teaching certificate in secondary level Social Studies from Iowa Wesleyan College in 1970 and an M.S. in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Iowa in 1978. She also received graduate training at the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government.

Political career

Baxter was a member of the Iowa House of Representatives' 60th District from 1983 to 1986,[3] and she served two terms as Iowa Secretary of State from 1986 to 1994.

She was also a delegate to Democratic National Convention from Iowa in 1988 and 1992; was a member of the Democratic National Committee from Iowa in 1988; was a candidate for U.S. Representative from Iowa's 3rd congressional district in 1992 and 1994.

Iowa Governor Thomas Vilsack appointed her to the Humanities Iowa board of directors. She joined the Iowa Lottery Board in 2002.

Baxter endorsed Hillary Clinton in the 2008 US Presidential election.

Community involvement

Baxter has been active in civic organizations, including the Burlington planning commission, the Burlington City Council and the Victorian Society of Iowa. She has served on various boards, including the Preservation Action, Washington, D.C. (1980–1984), the Iowa Alliance for Historic Preservation, the Heritage Trust for Preservation of Historic Burlington and the Terrace Hill Society.

References

Political offices
Preceded by
Mary Jane Odell		 Secretary of State of Iowa
1987–1995 		Succeeded by
Paul Pate
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