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May 31, 2024 · The Alben W. Barkley Distinguished Chair was also created in the Department of Political Science at Emory University. Lake Barkley, a man-made lake on the Cumberland River at the Kentucky-Tennessee border, and Barkley Dam at the same lake, are named in his honor. Alben William Barkley's papers are available through the Kentucky Digital Library.
May 14, 2024 · Alben William Barkley was born on November 24, 1877, in Graves County, Kentucky. Originally named Willie Alben, a name that embarrassed him, Barkley changed the order and formally changed his name to Alben William. Barkley worked his way through Marvin College, a Methodist institution in Clinton, Kentucky. After briefly attended Emory College ...
Description. Former Vice President Alben W. Barkley at the Washington and Lee Mock Democratic Convention on April 30, 1956. This is the last picture taken of Vice President Barkley. Avery Johning, a student at the school, took the photo. Former Vice President Barkley had just employed his razor-sharp wit to quiet a heckler in the audience off ...
FORMER VICE-PRESIDENT TAKEN IN DEATH. Former Vice-President Alben W. Barkley, 78, again a senator since last year, collapsed and died of a heart attack April 30 in the midst of a speech he was making at Lexington, Va. funeral services were held Thursday, May3, at Paducah, Ky. from the Broadway Methodist Church, where he and his family had customarily attended.
Apr 29, 2022 · Alben William Barkley (November 24, 1877 – April 30, 1956) was an American politician in the Democratic Party who served as the 35th Vice President of the United States (1949-1953), under President Harry S. Truman. Prior to the Vice Presidency, Barkley served in the U. S. Senate from Kentucky for over twenty years, and was Majority Leader of ...
Alben Barkley. Alben W. Barkley (November 24, 1877 – April 30, 1956) was vice president for Harry S. Truman from 1949 to 1953. He was elected on the Democratic ticket with Truman in 1948, and tried but failed to win the party's presidential nomination in 1952. He served in the House and Senate, became Democratic Senate leader in the 1940s.
Born to tenant tobacco farmers in 1877, Alben Barkley 's political views were shaped in part by his impoverished upbringing. As a member of the House of Representatives, he established a reputation as a Wilson Democrat with strong party loyalties. In the Senate, he became a skilled orator with an endless repertoire of anecdotes.
