Alben Barkley
| Alben W. Barkley | |
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Portrait of Barkley, c. 1950
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| 35th Vice President of the United States | |
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In office January 20, 1949 – January 20, 1953 |
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| President | Harry S. Truman |
| Preceded by | Harry S. Truman |
| Succeeded by | Richard Nixon |
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United States Senator from Kentucky |
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In office January 3, 1955 – April 30, 1956 |
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| Preceded by | John Sherman Cooper |
| Succeeded by | Robert Humphreys |
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In office March 4, 1927 – January 19, 1949 |
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| Preceded by | Richard P. Ernst |
| Succeeded by | Garrett L. Withers |
| Senate Minority Leader | |
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In office January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 |
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| Whip | Scott W. Lucas |
| Preceded by | Wallace H. White, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Kenneth S. Wherry |
| Senate Majority Leader | |
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In office July 14, 1937 – January 3, 1947 |
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| Whip |
J. Lister Hill Sherman Minton J. Hamilton Lewis |
| Preceded by | Joseph Taylor Robinson |
| Succeeded by | Wallace H. White, Jr. |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 1st district |
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In office March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1927 |
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| Preceded by | Ollie M. James |
| Succeeded by | William Voris Gregory |
| Personal details | |
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Willie Alben Barkley November 24, 1877 Lowes, Kentucky, United States |
| Died | April 30, 1956 (aged 78) Lexington, Virginia, United States |
| Resting place | Mount Kenton Cemetery |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) |
Dorothy Brower (m. 1903–47) Jane Rucker Hadley (m. 1949–56) |
| Relations | Stephen M. Truitt (grandson) |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | The Angles |
| Alma mater |
Emory University (B.A.) University of Virginia (J.D.) |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Methodist |
| Signature |  |
 "Life and Career of Senator Alben Barkley", presentation by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), June 30, 2014, C-SPAN
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Alben William Barkley (/ˈbɛərkli/; November 24, 1877 – April 30, 1956) was a lawyer and politician from Kentucky who served in both houses of Congress and as the 35th Vice President of the United States from 1949 to 1953. In 1905, he was elected county attorney for McCracken County, Kentucky. He was chosen County Judge/Executive in 1909 and U.S. Representative from Kentucky's First District in 1912. As a Representative, he was a liberal Democrat, supporting President Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom domestic agenda and foreign policy.
Endorsing Prohibition and denouncing parimutuel betting, Barkley narrowly lost the 1923 Democratic gubernatorial primary to fellow Representative J. Campbell Cantrill. In 1926, he unseated Republican Senator Richard P. Ernst. In the Senate, he supported the New Deal approach to addressing the Great Depression and was elected to succeed Senate Majority Leader Joseph T. Robinson upon Robinson's death in 1937.
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