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{{Short description|American politician (born 1945)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Jim Baird
| image = Rep. Jim Baird official photo, 116th congress.jpg
| state = [[Indiana]]
| district = {{ushr|IN|4|4th}}
| term_start = January 3, 2019
| term_end =
| predecessor = [[Todd Rokita]]
| successor =
| state_house1 = Indiana
| district1 = 44th
| term_start1 = November 16, 2010
| term_end1 = November 20, 2018
| predecessor1 = [[Nancy Michael]]
| successor1 = [[Beau Baird]]
| birth_name = James Richard Baird
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|6|4}}
| birth_place = [[Covington, Indiana]], U.S.
| residence = [[Greencastle, Indiana|Greencastle]], Indiana, U.S.
| party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| spouse = Danise Baird
| children = 3, including [[Beau Baird|Beau]]
| education = [[Purdue University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]], [[Master of Science|MS]]) [[University of Kentucky]] ([[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]])
| website = {{URL|baird.house.gov|House website}} {{URL|electjimbaird.com|Campaign website}}
| allegiance = {{flag|United States}}
| branch = {{army|United States}}
| serviceyears = 1969–1972<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://trackbill.com/legislator/us-congress-representative-james-r-baird/623-18023/|title=US Congress Rep. James R. Baird (R) | TrackBill|website=trackbill.com|access-date=October 3, 2020}}</ref>
| rank = [[File:US-O2 insignia.svg|7px]] [[First lieutenant]]
| unit = 523rd Transportation Company<ref name="electjimbaird.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.electjimbaird.com/meet-jim/|title=Meet Jim – Jim Baird for Congress|access-date=January 6, 2019}}</ref>
| battles = [[Vietnam War]]
| mawards = [[Bronze Star Medal|Bronze Star]] [[Purple Heart]]
| module = {{infobox academic
| child=yes
| thesis_title = Effects of lactose, dried whey, enzyme supplementation and presoaking of the diet on early-weaned pig performance and nutrient utilization
|thesis_url = http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10269903
|thesis_year = 1983
|doctoral_advisor=
}}
}}
'''James Richard Baird'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://campaignfinance.in.gov/INCF/TempDocs/1a6a64cf-e183-41bc-bcb4-5b9ecb4d068a.pdf|title=Indiana Report of Receipts and Expenditures of a Political Committee: Committee to Elect Jim Baird|access-date=October 3, 2020|archive-date=December 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224074259/https://campaignfinance.in.gov/INCF/TempDocs/1a6a64cf-e183-41bc-bcb4-5b9ecb4d068a.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> (born June 4, 1945)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/416757-indiana-new-members-2019|title=Indiana New Members 2019|first=Ashley|last=Perks|date=November 15, 2018|website=TheHill|access-date=January 6, 2019}}</ref> is an American businessman and politician who serves as the [[U.S. House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from [[Indiana]]'s {{ushr|IN|4|4th congressional district}}. Before being elected to Congress, Baird served from 2010 to 2018 as a member of the [[Indiana House of Representatives]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.capitolandwashington.com/politicians/filter/8489/|title=List of All Offices and Office Holders|date=March 5, 2015|access-date=March 25, 2018|archive-date=March 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320212359/http://www.capitolandwashington.com/politicians/filter/8489/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and as a [[Putnam County, Indiana|Putnam County]] [[County commission|commissioner]] from 2006 to 2010. A [[Vietnam veteran]], Baird was elected to Congress on November 6, 2018.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/election/2018/results/house|title=Complete House election results – CNN|website=www.cnn.com|access-date=January 6, 2019}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Baird graduated from [[Turkey Run High School]] in 1963, participating in [[4-H]] and [[Future Farmers of America]]. He obtained a Bachelor of Science in animal science from [[Purdue University]] in 1967 and a Master's of Science in animal science from Purdue in 1969. After the Vietnam War, Baird earned a PhD in animal science monogastric nutrition from the [[University of Kentucky]] in 1975.

==Military service==
Baird served in the [[Reserve Officers' Training Corps|ROTC]] at [[Purdue University]] from 1963 to 1965. He attended the [[Officer Candidate School]] Class 2–70 at [[Fort Benning]] and Jungle Warfare School in Panama from 1969 to 1970, and was commissioned in the Infantry.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Meet Jim – Jim Baird for Congress|url=http://www.electjimbaird.com/meet-jim/|access-date=October 3, 2020}}</ref> The [[United States Army]] was sending infantry divisions home when [[Second Lieutenant]] Baird arrived in [[Vietnam]] in 1970. Because of the excess of Infantry officers, he was assigned to the 523rd Transportation Company (Light Truck) at Cha Rang Valley. Baird and the other officers were highly respected by the men because they shared the same risks and burdens.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|title=Lam Son 719; The Cargo Must Get Through|url=http://www.transportation.army.mil/history/publications/lam-son.pdf}}</ref>

The truck companies of the 8th Transportation Group delivered cargo along the most heavily ambushed road in Vietnam, QL19, through the [[Central Highlands, Vietnam|Central Highlands]] in northern [[II Corps Tactical Zone]]. The 523rd had five 5-ton [[gun trucks]] at the time. The Group Commander considered the 523rd his best truck company and when instructed to send two light truck companies north to [[I Corps Tactical Zone]] for the upcoming Laotian Incursion, [[Operation Lam Son 719]], in February through April 1971, he chose to send his best. The 523rd was attached to the 39th Transportation Battalion and stationed at the abandoned [[United States Marine Corps|Marine Corps]] base Camp Vandergrift. During the two-and-a-half-month incursion into Laos, the [[North Vietnamese Army]] tried to close down the supply route with 23 convoy ambushes. Baird fought in two of the operation's deadliest ambushes and lost his left arm during the convoy ambush on March 12, 1971.<ref>{{cite web|last=Landers|first=Elizabeth|title=Combat veteran lawmaker tweets '5 eyes. 5 arms. 4 legs. All American' photo from House floor|date=January 3, 2019 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/03/politics/veterans-congress-tweet-dan-crenshaw-brian-mast/index.html|access-date=January 7, 2019|publisher=Cnn.com}}</ref><ref name="auto" /><ref name="auto1" /> He earned a [[Bronze Star]] and two [[Purple Heart]]s.<ref name="electjimbaird.com" /> In 2012, the 523rd Transportation Company was inducted into the Transportation Corps Hall of Fame for its heroism during Operation Lam Son 719.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Perry|first=Amy|title=Transportation Corps Inducts 6 Members, 1 Unit into HOF|url=https://www.fortleetraveller.com/news/local_news/transportation-corps-inducts-6-members-1-unit-into-hof/article_ca9ffd27-268d-58ed-b46c-a9160cf0651d.html|access-date=October 3, 2020|website=Fort Lee Traveller}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://transportation.army.mil/history/unit_history/39tb.html | title=39th Transportation Battalion | U.S. Army Transportation Corps and Transportation School | Fort Lee, Virginia }}</ref>

Baird was fondly nicknamed "pig farmer" by fellow infantrymen because of his passion for breeding pigs.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.science.org/content/article/one-indiana-s-new-congressmen-vietnam-veteran-farmer-and-scientist | title=One of Indiana's new congressmen is a Vietnam veteran, a farmer … and a scientist }}</ref>

===Badges, medals, and ribbons===
*[[Combat Infantry Badge]]
*[[Bronze Star]] with valor "V" device
*[[Purple Heart]] with Oak Leaf Cluster
*[[Vietnam Service Medal]]
*[[Commendation Medal|Army Commendation Medal]] with valor "V" device
*[[National Defense Service Medal]]
*[[Meritorious Unit Commendation]]
*[[Vietnam Campaign Medal]] with 60 Device
*[[Gallantry Cross (South Vietnam)|Vietnam Cross of Gallantry]] with Palm for valorous combat achievement
*[[Civil Actions Medal|Vietnam Civil Actions Medal]]
*[[Marksmanship badges (United States)|Expert Rifleman]]
*[[Tabs of the United States Army|Jungle Expert Badge]]

==Career==
Baird is the owner and operator of Baird Family Farms and Indiana Home Care Plus. He previously worked as an animal nutritionist at Landmark Cooperative, a feed manufacturer, as director of sales and nutrition at Agmax, and as a livestock specialist for Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service.

Baird ran for [[Putnam County, Indiana|Putnam County]] [[County commission|commissioner]] in 2006 and defeated the incumbent, Dennis O'Hair, in the primary.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bannergraphic.com/story/1224464.html|title=Local News: Baird upsets O'Hair for commissioner (5/3/06) | Greencastle Banner Graphic|date=June 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621093305/https://www.bannergraphic.com/story/1224464.html|access-date=October 3, 2020|archive-date=June 21, 2018}}</ref> He represented [[Marion Township, Putnam County, Indiana|Marion Township]], [[Greencastle Township, Putnam County, Indiana|Greencastle Township]], [[Madison Township, Putnam County, Indiana|Madison Township]], and [[Clinton Township, Putnam County, Indiana|Clinton Township]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://co.putnam.in.us:80/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060704043757/http://co.putnam.in.us/|archive-date=July 4, 2006|date=July 4, 2006|access-date=January 6, 2019|url-status=live|title=Putnam County Indiana Government Web Pages }}</ref> He served as commissioner for the second district until his election to the State House in 2010. He was succeeded by Nancy Fogle.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bannergraphic.com/story/1687165.html|title=Local News: Civic duty drives Fogle (12/11/10) | Greencastle Banner Graphic|date=May 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509151242/http://www.bannergraphic.com/story/1687165.html|access-date=October 3, 2020|archive-date=May 9, 2018}}</ref> The [[American Conservative Union]] gave him a lifetime legislative evaluation of 82% in 2017.

==Indiana House of Representatives==
Baird represented House District 44, including Putnam County and portions of Clay, Morgan, Owen, and Parke counties, from 2010 until 2018. He served as a member of the Ways and Means Committee—chairing the Health and Medicaid Subcommittee—the Agriculture and Rural Development Committee, Veteran Affairs and Public Safety, the Environmental Affairs Committee, and the Statutory Committee on Ethics.

==U.S. House of Representatives==
===Elections===

====2018====
{{see also|2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana#District 4}}
Baird ran for [[Indiana's 4th congressional district]] in 2018.<ref name="bannergraphic">{{cite web|url=http://www.bannergraphic.com/story/2454025.html|title=Local News: Baird announces bid for District 4 seat in U.S. Congress (10/19/17)|website=Greencastle Banner Graphic|date=October 19, 2017|access-date=January 7, 2018}}</ref> The seat was vacated by [[Todd Rokita]] in his unsuccessful run for [[United States Senate election in Indiana, 2018|U.S. Senate]]. Baird won the May 8 Republican primary<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/08/us/elections/results-indiana-primary-elections.html|title=Indiana Primary Election Results|work=The New York Times |date=May 8, 2018|access-date=January 6, 2019|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web|last=Pathé|first=Simone|date=May 9, 2018|title=Jim Baird Likely to Be Next Congressman From Indiana's 4th District|url=https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/jim-baird-likely-next-congressman-indianas-4th-district|access-date=January 6, 2019|via=www.rollcall.com}}</ref> and the November 6 general election.

====2020====
{{see also|2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana#District 4}}
Baird was reelected in 2020 with 66.6% of the vote.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-11-04 |title=Republican Jim Baird wins reelection to U.S. House in Indiana's 4th Congressional District |url=https://apnews.com/article/indiana-elections-0eab44efc8d24a21816d3ecf227645e4 |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}}</ref>

'''2022'''

{{see also|2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana#District 4}}

Baird was reelected in 2022 with 68.2% of the vote.

===Tenure===
Baird was the second-oldest member of the [[List of freshman class members of the 116th United States Congress|116th Congress freshman class]], after Democrat [[Donna Shalala]], who was born in 1941.

In December 2020, Baird was one of 126 Republican members of the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] to sign an [[amicus brief]] in support of ''[[Texas v. Pennsylvania]]'', a lawsuit filed at the [[Supreme Court of the United States|United States Supreme Court]] contesting the results of the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential election]], in which [[Joe Biden]] defeated<ref>{{cite web|last1=Blood|first1=Michael R.|last2=Riccardi|first2=Nicholas|date=December 5, 2020|title=Biden officially secures enough electors to become president|url=https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-elections-electoral-college-3e0b852c3cfadf853b08aecbfc3569fa|url-status=live|access-date=December 12, 2020|website=[[Associated Press|AP News]]|archive-date=December 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208201209/https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-elections-electoral-college-3e0b852c3cfadf853b08aecbfc3569fa}}</ref> incumbent [[Donald Trump]]. The Supreme Court declined to hear the case on the basis that Texas lacked [[Standing (law)|standing]] under [[Article Three of the United States Constitution|Article III of the Constitution]] to challenge the results of an election held by another state.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Liptak|first=Adam|author-link=Adam Liptak|date=2020-12-11|title=Supreme Court Rejects Texas Suit Seeking to Subvert Election|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/11/us/politics/supreme-court-election-texas.html|access-date=2020-12-12|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=December 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211234955/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/11/us/politics/supreme-court-election-texas.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web|title=Order in Pending Case|url=https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/121120zr_p860.pdf|date=2020-12-11|publisher=[[Supreme Court of the United States]]|access-date=December 11, 2020|archive-date=December 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211234004/https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/121120zr_p860.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/10/politics/read-house-republicans-texas-supreme-court/index.html|title=Brief from 126 Republicans supporting Texas lawsuit in Supreme Court|first=Daniella |last=Diaz|work=[[CNN]]|access-date=December 11, 2020|archive-date=December 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212000435/https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/10/politics/read-house-republicans-texas-supreme-court/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Baird is one of three deployed Vietnam War veterans currently serving in the House, the others being [[Jack Bergman]] and [[Mike Thompson (California politician)|Mike Thompson]].

===Committee assignments===
For the [[118th United States Congress|118th Congress]]:<ref>{{cite web |title=James R. Baird |url=https://clerk.house.gov/members/B001307 |publisher=Clerk of the United States House of Representatives |access-date=June 14, 2023}}</ref>
* '''[[United States House Committee on Agriculture|Committee on Agriculture]]'''
** [[United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology|Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology]] (Chairman)
** [[United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry|Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry]]
** [[United States House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture|Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture]]
* '''[[United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs|Committee on Foreign Affairs]]'''
** [[United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa|Subcommittee on Africa]]
** [[United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia|Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia]]
* '''[[United States House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology|Committee on Science, Space, and Technology]]'''
** [[United States House Science Subcommittee on Energy|Subcommittee on Energy]]
** [[United States House Science Subcommittee on Research and Technology|Subcommittee on Research and Technology]]

===Caucus membership ===
*[[Congressional Western Caucus]]
*[[Republican Study Committee]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-12-06|title=Membership|url=https://rsc-banks.house.gov/about/membership|access-date=2021-03-28|website=Republican Study Committee|language=en}}</ref>

==Electoral history==
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| title = Republican primary results
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Jim Baird
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 29,316
| percentage = 36.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = [[Steve Braun (politician)|Steve Braun]]
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 23,594
| percentage = 29.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = [[Diego Morales (politician)|Diego Morales]]
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 11,994
| percentage = 15.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Jared Thomas
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 8,453
| percentage = 10.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Kevin Grant
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 3,667
| percentage = 4.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = James Nease
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 2,096
| percentage = 2.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Tim Radice
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 1,022
| percentage = 1.3
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 80,142
| percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change
| title = Indiana's 4th congressional district, 2018
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Jim Baird
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 156,539
| percentage = 64.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Tobi Beck
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 87,824
| percentage = 35.9
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 244,363
| percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change
| title = Indiana's 4th congressional district, 2020
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Jim Baird
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 225,531
| percentage = 66.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Joe Mackey
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 112,984
| percentage = 33.4
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 338,515
| percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no change
| winner = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}

==Personal life==
Baird's son, [[Beau Baird|Beau]], was elected chair of the [[Putnam County, Indiana|Putnam County]] [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] in March 2017. Beau ran to replace him in the [[Indiana House of Representatives]]. Beau won the election on November 6, 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bannergraphic.com/story/2567986.html|title=Beau Baird sworn in as new state representative for House District 44|date=November 20, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bannergraphic.com/story/2564748.html|title=Bairds prevail in two district races|date=November 7, 2018}}</ref>

Baird resides in [[Greencastle, Indiana|Greencastle]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bannergraphic.com/story/2453942.html|title=Republican Jim Baird announces run for District 4 seat in U.S. Congress|date=October 19, 2017|access-date=October 3, 2020}}</ref> Baird has attended Gobin [[United Methodist Church]] in Greencastle since 1975.<ref>{{cite web |title=IN-04 Jim Baird |url=https://www.thewellnews.com/2018-midterms/new-member-to-watch/in-04-jim-baird/ |website=The Well News |access-date=15 February 2022}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://baird.house.gov/ Congressman Jim Baird] official U.S. House website
*[http://www.electjimbaird.com Campaign website]
*{{Conglinks|fec=H8IN04199|votesmart=86013|congbio=B001307|congress=james-baird/B001307}}
*[https://ballotpedia.org/James_Baird James Baird at Ballotpedia]
*[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=244069 Our Campaigns – Representative James Baird (IN)] profile
*{{C-SPAN|117094}}

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