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Alben W. Barkley
Alben William Barkley was an American lawyer and politician from Kentucky who served as the 35th vice president of the United States from 1949 to 1953 under President Harry S. Truman. In 1905, he was elected to local offices and in 1912 as a U.S. representative. Serving in both houses of Congress, he was a liberal Democrat, supporting President Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom domestic agenda and fore…
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politics · Vice President of the United States from 1949 to 1953 · politician · judge · lawyer · jurist · vice president · prosecutor · also Alben W. Barkley, Alben William Barkley, Alben Barkley, Barkley
Born 24 November 1877 · Died 30 April 1956 · Q273549
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2026· 1 entry
1984· 1 entry
The federal government declined to purchase The Angles, his Paducah home, and it was sold at auction
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1966· 1 entry
And the lake it forms, were named Barkley Dam and Lake Barkley in Barkley's honor
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1958· 1 entry
“I am not sure, even now, how these words came into being, where they came from. I believe they were original with him but were based on the Old Testament, 84th Psalm: 10,”
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1956· 2 entries
Barkley spoke of his willingness to sit with the other freshman senators in Congress; he ended with an allusion to Psalm 84:10, saying "I'm glad to sit on the back row, for I would rather be a servant in the House of the
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Died 1956-04-30.
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1955· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1955–1956).
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1954· 1 entry
Challenging incumbent Republican senator John Sherman Cooper
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1952· 2 entries
Cast another notable tie-breaking vote to save the Wage Stabilization Board
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Barkley began organizing a presidential campaign, but labor leaders refused to endorse his candidacy because of his age, and he withdrew from the race
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1951· 1 entry
– almost exactly 38 years from his first day in Congress – Barkley's fellow congressmen presented him with the Congressional Gold Medal in honor of his legislative service
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1949· 6 entries
To save the Young–Russell Amendment that set a 90% parity on the price of cotton, wheat, corn, rice, and peanuts
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Barkley met Jane Rucker Hadley, a St
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Won Congressional Gold Medal (1949).
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Career landmark: Vice President of the United States (1949–1953).
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Career landmark: United States senator (1949–1949).
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Emory University chose Barkley to deliver its commencement address and awarded him an honorary Doctor of Laws
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1947· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1947–1949).
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1946· 1 entry
Exonerated Roosevelt of any blame for the attack and highlighted weaknesses in communications between branches of the U
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1945· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1945–1947).
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1943· 2 entries
Career landmark: United States senator (1943–1945).
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Roosevelt refused to appoint Barkley to a vacancy on the Supreme Court, and Barkley criticized the War Production Board for awarding contracts for the production of war-related materials to large companies rather than sm
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1941· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1941–1943).
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1939· 2 entries
Deepened his resolve to seek a third term
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Career landmark: United States senator (1939–1941).
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1937· 2 entries
Roosevelt proposed legislation authorizing the president to appoint an additional justice for each one over the age of 70
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Career landmark: United States senator (1937–1939).
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1935· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1935–1937).
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1933· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1933–1935).
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1932· 1 entry
But facing a re-election bid himself, he did not announce his support, fearing that his message might not resonate with Kentucky voters
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1931· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1931–1933).
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1930· 1 entry
Were inadequate, and pointed out that the $45 million in loans to farmers that he approved amounted to less than half the losses sustained by Kentucky's farmers alone
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1929· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1929–1931).
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1927· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1927–1929).
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1926· 1 entry
Unseated Republican senator Richard P
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1924· 1 entry
But Democratic divisions cost Stanley his Senate seat, and Barkley became even more convinced of the value of party loyalty
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1922· 1 entry
Proclaimed that if Harding had returned the country to normalcy, "then in God's name let us have Abnormalcy"
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1918· 1 entry
After being appointed to fill a vacancy, opposed Barkley in the 1932 primary, but Barkley defeated him by a two-to-one margin
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1917· 1 entry
And Barkley voted for the resolution when it came before the House two weeks later
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1916· 1 entry
Using the slogan "he kept us out of war"
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1915· 1 entry
Had sided with the prohibitionists; he was chosen to run with Stanley to balance the party's ticket, so the anti-prohibitionists did not entirely trust him either
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1913· 2 entries
First spoke on the House floor, favoring the administration-backed Underwood–Simmons Tariff Act which lowered tariffs on foreign goods
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Career landmark: United States representative (1913–1927).
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1912· 2 entries
Barkley declared his candidacy for the district's congressional seat in December 1911
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“s congressional seat in December 1911. Courting the votes of the district”
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1909· 1 entry
Democrat Hiram Smedley, county clerk since 1897, was indicted for embezzlement
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1906· 1 entry
They had three children: David Murrell Barkley (1906–1983), Marion Frances Barkley (1909–1996), and Laura Louise Barkley (1911–1987).
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1905· 2 entries
Was elected to local offices and in 1912 as a U
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Career landmark: prosecutor (1905–1909).
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1904· 1 entry
Barkley declared his candidacy for county attorney of McCracken County well before the March 1905 Democratic primary
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1903· 1 entry
Married Dorothy Brower (November 14, 1882 – March 10, 1947)
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1897· 1 entry
And his experiences at Marvin persuaded him to convert to Methodism, the denomination with which he identified for the rest of his life
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1877· 1 entry
Born 1877-11-24.
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