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The wife of U.S. Rep. Jim Baird, R-Ind., has died after suffering serious injuries in a January hit-and-run accident, the congressman’s office announced Sunday.
Danise Baird died following complications from her injuries in the Jan. 5 car crash, Baird’s office wrote in a post on X.
“Congressman Baird and Danise were married for 59 years, building a life centered on faith, family, and service,” the post read. “A devoted wife and loving mother of three, she was the foundation of their family and will be deeply missed. We ask that you keep the Congressman and his family in your prayers during this difficult time.”
The congressman was also injured in the crash as the couple drove back to the nation’s capital. He was discharged after less than 24 hours in the hospital, though missed some time on Capitol Hill.
Baird, 80, and his wife were both originally expected “to be okay,” President Donald Trump said a day after the crash while making remarks at the recently renamed Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts.
Rep. Jim Baird, accompanied by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., speaks at the Department of Agriculture Whitten Building on June 10, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
The couple’s son, Beau Baird, wrote in a Jan. 15 update on Facebook that his mother had “a long recovery ahead of her after suffering nearly 15 breaks and fractures” in the “serious hit-and-run accident.”
On Feb. 1, he wrote that his mother “has taken her first assisted steps,” adding that “while we’re hopeful, we know there’s still a road ahead, and family is at the center of all we do.”
Rep. Jim Baird, R-Ind., arrives for the House Foreign Affairs Committee markup hearing in the Capitol Visitor Center on Friday, March 24, 2023. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Baird and his wife were high school sweethearts and shared three children together,…
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