Agnes was the widow of George L. Baggett.
Agnes B. Baggett, 87, former secretary of state in Alabama
Montgomery - Agnes Beahn Baggett of Montgomery, a former Alabama secretary of state and a Georgia native, died of heart failure Tuesday at Jackson Hospital here. She was 87.
Mrs. Baggett, who lived in Montgomery, served three terms as Alabama secretary of state, in 1951-54, 1964-67, and from 1975 to 1979, when she retired.
Earlier, she was Alabama state treasurer from 1959 to 1963 and from 1968 to 1974, and Alabama state auditor in 1955-58.
She moved from office to office because the state constitution forbade consecutive terms as secretary of state, according to a relative.
In that post, Mrs. Baggett started a card index system for corporate records, replacing handwritten volumes; her system has since been replaced by computers.
When Mrs. Baggett retired, Bankers Trust Co. of New York sent her a letter saying her office was more helpful than the same office in its home state.
She never lost an election. According to the Alabama Associated Press, in her campaigns she "used a network of friendships" made in civic clubs - a political method familiar to male politicians, too.
Alabama Secretary of State Billy Joe Camp said Mrs. Baggett "taught her male political counterparts a thing or two about campaigning hard."
Agnes Wylene Beahn was born April 9, 1905 in Columbus, Ga., and attended school there. Her family moved to Montgomery "because work was so hard to find," a niece said.
Before winning office the first time, Mrs. Baggett was a clerk in the Alabama secretary of state's office; a clerk for the L&N Railroad; and a clerk for the Alabama Supreme Court.
The funeral was today at Leak-Memory Funeral Home here, with burial at Greenwood Cemetery here.
Mrs. Baggett belonged to the Business and Professional Women's Club and was a Sunday school teacher at Dexter Avenue United Methodist Church.
Surviving are nieces and nephews.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
December 17, 1992
Agnes B. Baggett, 87, former secretary of state in Alabama
Montgomery - Agnes Beahn Baggett of Montgomery, a former Alabama secretary of state and a Georgia native, died of heart failure Tuesday at Jackson Hospital here. She was 87.
Mrs. Baggett, who lived in Montgomery, served three terms as Alabama secretary of state, in 1951-54, 1964-67, and from 1975 to 1979, when she retired.
Earlier, she was Alabama state treasurer from 1959 to 1963 and from 1968 to 1974, and Alabama state auditor in 1955-58.
She moved from office to office because the state constitution forbade consecutive terms as secretary of state, according to a relative.
In that post, Mrs. Baggett started a card index system for corporate records, replacing handwritten volumes; her system has since been replaced by computers.
When Mrs. Baggett retired, Bankers Trust Co. of New York sent her a letter saying her office was more helpful than the same office in its home state.
She never lost an election. According to the Alabama Associated Press, in her campaigns she "used a network of friendships" made in civic clubs - a political method familiar to male politicians, too.
Alabama Secretary of State Billy Joe Camp said Mrs. Baggett "taught her male political counterparts a thing or two about campaigning hard."
Agnes Wylene Beahn was born April 9, 1905 in Columbus, Ga., and attended school there. Her family moved to Montgomery "because work was so hard to find," a niece said.
Before winning office the first time, Mrs. Baggett was a clerk in the Alabama secretary of state's office; a clerk for the L&N Railroad; and a clerk for the Alabama Supreme Court.
The funeral was today at Leak-Memory Funeral Home here, with burial at Greenwood Cemetery here.
Mrs. Baggett belonged to the Business and Professional Women's Club and was a Sunday school teacher at Dexter Avenue United Methodist Church.
Surviving are nieces and nephews.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
December 17, 1992
Agnes was the widow of George L. Baggett.
Agnes B. Baggett, 87, former secretary of state in Alabama
Montgomery - Agnes Beahn Baggett of Montgomery, a former Alabama secretary of state and a Georgia native, died of heart failure Tuesday at Jackson Hospital here. She was 87.
Mrs. Baggett, who lived in Montgomery, served three terms as Alabama secretary of state, in 1951-54, 1964-67, and from 1975 to 1979, when she retired.
Earlier, she was Alabama state treasurer from 1959 to 1963 and from 1968 to 1974, and Alabama state auditor in 1955-58.
She moved from office to office because the state constitution forbade consecutive terms as secretary of state, according to a relative.
In that post, Mrs. Baggett started a card index system for corporate records, replacing handwritten volumes; her system has since been replaced by computers.
When Mrs. Baggett retired, Bankers Trust Co. of New York sent her a letter saying her office was more helpful than the same office in its home state.
She never lost an election. According to the Alabama Associated Press, in her campaigns she "used a network of friendships" made in civic clubs - a political method familiar to male politicians, too.
Alabama Secretary of State Billy Joe Camp said Mrs. Baggett "taught her male political counterparts a thing or two about campaigning hard."
Agnes Wylene Beahn was born April 9, 1905 in Columbus, Ga., and attended school there. Her family moved to Montgomery "because work was so hard to find," a niece said.
Before winning office the first time, Mrs. Baggett was a clerk in the Alabama secretary of state's office; a clerk for the L&N Railroad; and a clerk for the Alabama Supreme Court.
The funeral was today at Leak-Memory Funeral Home here, with burial at Greenwood Cemetery here.
Mrs. Baggett belonged to the Business and Professional Women's Club and was a Sunday school teacher at Dexter Avenue United Methodist Church.
Surviving are nieces and nephews.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
December 17, 1992
Agnes B. Baggett, 87, former secretary of state in Alabama
Montgomery - Agnes Beahn Baggett of Montgomery, a former Alabama secretary of state and a Georgia native, died of heart failure Tuesday at Jackson Hospital here. She was 87.
Mrs. Baggett, who lived in Montgomery, served three terms as Alabama secretary of state, in 1951-54, 1964-67, and from 1975 to 1979, when she retired.
Earlier, she was Alabama state treasurer from 1959 to 1963 and from 1968 to 1974, and Alabama state auditor in 1955-58.
She moved from office to office because the state constitution forbade consecutive terms as secretary of state, according to a relative.
In that post, Mrs. Baggett started a card index system for corporate records, replacing handwritten volumes; her system has since been replaced by computers.
When Mrs. Baggett retired, Bankers Trust Co. of New York sent her a letter saying her office was more helpful than the same office in its home state.
She never lost an election. According to the Alabama Associated Press, in her campaigns she "used a network of friendships" made in civic clubs - a political method familiar to male politicians, too.
Alabama Secretary of State Billy Joe Camp said Mrs. Baggett "taught her male political counterparts a thing or two about campaigning hard."
Agnes Wylene Beahn was born April 9, 1905 in Columbus, Ga., and attended school there. Her family moved to Montgomery "because work was so hard to find," a niece said.
Before winning office the first time, Mrs. Baggett was a clerk in the Alabama secretary of state's office; a clerk for the L&N Railroad; and a clerk for the Alabama Supreme Court.
The funeral was today at Leak-Memory Funeral Home here, with burial at Greenwood Cemetery here.
Mrs. Baggett belonged to the Business and Professional Women's Club and was a Sunday school teacher at Dexter Avenue United Methodist Church.
Surviving are nieces and nephews.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
December 17, 1992
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