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Alben William Barkley

Alben Barkley
A man with receding white hair wearing a gray jacket and vest, black tie, and white shirt, seated and leaning on a desk
35th Vice President of the United States
In office
January 20, 1949 – January 20, 1953
President Harry S. Truman
Preceded by Harry S. Truman
Succeeded by Richard Nixon
United States Senator
from Kentucky
In office
January 3, 1955 – April 30, 1956
Preceded by John Sherman Cooper
Succeeded by Robert Humphreys
In office
March 4, 1927 – January 19, 1949
Preceded by Richard P. Ernst
Succeeded by Garrett L. Withers
Senate Minority Leader
In office
January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949
Deputy Scott W. Lucas
Preceded by Wallace H. White Jr.
Succeeded by Kenneth S. Wherry
Senate Majority Leader
In office
July 14, 1937 – January 3, 1947
Deputy J. Lister Hill
Sherman Minton
J. Hamilton Lewis
Preceded by Joseph T. Robinson
Succeeded by Wallace H. White Jr.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kentucky's 1st district
In office
March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1927
Preceded by Ollie M. James
Succeeded by William Voris Gregory
Personal details
Born Willie Alben Barkley
(1877-11-24)November 24, 1877
Lowes, Kentucky, U.S.
Died April 30, 1956(1956-04-30) (aged 78)
Lexington, Virginia, U.S.
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Dorothy Brower (m. 1903–47)
Jane Rucker Hadley (m. 1949–56)
Relations Stephen M. Truitt (Grandchild)
Children 3
Education Emory University (BA)
University of Virginia (JD)
Signature Alben W. Barkley
External video
"Life and Career of Senator Alben Barkley", presentation by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), June 30, 2014, C-SPAN

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. During his 1938 re-election bid, his opponent A. B. "Happy" Chandler accused him of using Works Progress Administration employees to campaign for him; Barkley claimed Chandler used state employees in the same way. Neither candidate was charged with any wrongdoing, but in 1939, Congress passed the Hatch Act, making it illegal for federal employees to campaign for political candidates.


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