Harold Henry Barker | |
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39th Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives | |
In office January 1937 – January 1939 |
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Preceded by | George W. Johnson |
Succeeded by | Lawrence M. Hall |
Minnesota State Representative | |
In office January 1931 – January 1939 |
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Personal details | |
Born |
Duluth, Minnesota |
15 June 1889
Died | 23 March 1949 | (aged 59)
Political party | Nonpartisan Liberal Caucus Farmer-Labor DFL |
Spouse(s) | Marion Grey |
Residence | Elbow Lake, Minnesota |
Harold Henry Barker (15 June 1889, in Elbow Lake, Minnesota – 23 March 1949) was a Minnesota Farmer-Laborite politician, candidate for Governor of Minnesota, and a Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. He was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives, in 1930, where he caucused with the Liberal Caucusin the then-nonpartisan body. In 1937, he was elected to serve as speaker, a position he held for two years.
In 1946, Barker served as the second gubernatorial candidate after of the merger of the Minnesota Democratic and Farmer-Labor Parties into the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, losing to Luther Youngdahl.