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    Alben William Barkley (/ˈbɑːrkli/; November 24, 1877 – April 30, 1956) was an American lawyer and politician from Kentucky who served as the 35th vice...
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    the United States from 1949 to 1953, as the wife of Vice President Alben W. Barkley. She was born in Keytesville, Missouri; her father was a lawyer and...
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    Alben William Barkley II (September 15, 1944 – January 30, 2023) was an American politician who served as Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture from 1980...
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    Quigley. His house "Angles" was subsequently owned by US Vice President Alben W. Barkley and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976....
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    Engineers in 1966 upon the completion of Barkley Dam. Both the lake and the dam are named for Vice President Alben Barkley, a Kentucky native. The dam impounds...
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    Vice President Alben Barkley. Electricity from the dam is marketed by the Southeastern Power Administration. "Barkley Dam (Lake Barkley)". Lakes Online...
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    Kentucky was held on November 6, 1956, to fill the vacant seat left by Alben Barkley. Former Senator John Sherman Cooper was elected to complete the term...
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    Claude Bowers of New York 1932 – U.S. Senator Alben Barkley of Kentucky 1936 – U.S. Senator Alben Barkley of Kentucky and U.S. Senator Joseph Robinson...
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    Democratic former Senator and Vice President of the United States Alben Barkley. Alben Barkley, former Vice President of the United States and U.S. Senator...
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    Majority Leader Alben Barkley was re-elected to a third term in office over Republican John P. Haswell. The true challenge to Barkley came in the Democratic...
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    Leader Alben Barkley for his U.S. Senate seat in 1938. During the campaign, President Franklin D. Roosevelt came to the state to campaign for Barkley, and...
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    Senate Majority Leader Alben Barkley was re-elected to a second term in office over Republican Maurice H. Thatcher. Alben W. Barkley, incumbent Senator since...
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    On October 3, 1963, a bronze sculpture of Alben W. Barkley, the 35th vice president of the United States, was installed in the Kentucky State Capitol,...
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    Kentucky were held simultaneously on November 7, 1950. After Senator Alben Barkley resigned on January 19, 1949, to become Vice President of the United...
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    re-elected in 1954 until the Democrats nominated former Vice President Alben W. Barkley. Cooper lost the general election and was appointed Ambassador to India...
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    and Senate Majority Leader Alben Barkley was re-elected to a fourth term in office over Republican James Park. Alben W. Barkley, Senate Majority Leader and...
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    or were included in multiple major national polls. Vice President Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky Senator Paul Douglas of Illinois Associate Justice William...
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    requested by the vice president. This seal took practical effect when Alben W. Barkley was inaugurated as Vice President on January 20, 1949, and remained...
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    Deputy J. Hamilton Lewis Preceded by James Eli Watson Succeeded by Alben W. Barkley Senate Minority Leader In office December 3, 1923 – March 4, 1933 Deputy...
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  • Lake Barkley, a large man-made lake in the Western region of the U.S. State of Kentucky and named for Vice-President and Kentucky native Alben Barkley Barkley...
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    21, 1956, as a Democrat to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Alben Barkley. He served in the Senate from June 21, 1956, to November 6, 1956. Humphreys...
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    Airport is named after former Vice President of the United States Alben W. Barkley, who was from western Kentucky. The airport was previously served by...
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    (Thurmond–Wright) tickets. Senator Alben W. Barkley from Kentucky (1927–1949; 1955-1956) Senator Alben W. Barkley from Kentucky (1927–1949; 1955-1956)...
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  • The Alben W. Barkley School of Law (formerly the American Justice School of Law) was a private, for-profit law school founded in 2004 in Paducah, Kentucky...
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  • at Emory University. The center is named in honor of Emory alumnus Alben Barkley, 35th Vice President of the United States. Debating was established...
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    Representative Alben W. Barkley, who would go on to serve for twenty-two years before ascending to become Vice President of the United States. Alben W. Barkley, U...
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  • Jackson, 7th President of the United States, U.S. Senator from Tennessee Alben Barkley, Representative, U.S. Senator from Kentucky and U.S. Vice President...
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  • what he loved, Alben Barkley drew his final breath firing up a crowd". Northern Kentucky Tribune. Retrieved March 13, 2021. Alben W. Barkley (April 30, 1956)...
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    dictated a message on the phone to Senate Majority Leader Alben Barkley of Kentucky, which Barkley read out to the convention during the first day's proceedings...
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    restrict labor unions, which McKellar had favored. Truman selected Alben Barkley of Kentucky as his running mate in the 1948 presidential election. When...
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