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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 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.
Alben William Barkley (* 24. November 1877 bei Lowes, Graves County, Kentucky; † 30. April 1956 in Lexington, Virginia) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker und von 1949 bis 1953 der 35. Vizepräsident der Vereinigten Staaten während der zweiten Amtszeit von Präsident Harry S. Truman.
30. Apr. 2024 · Alben W. Barkley was the 35th vice president of the United States (1949–53) in the Democratic administration of President Harry S. Truman. He was one of the chief architects of the New Deal in the 1930s and a major symbol of Democratic Party continuity as a member of Congress for almost 40 years.
Both Truman and Barkley campaigned vigorously and pulled off one of the most stunning upsets in the history of American politics. At age seventy-one, Barkley was the oldest man ever to take the office of vice president. A year later, he also became the only incumbent vice president to marry when he wed Jane Hadley.
Alben Barkley: A Featured Biography. 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.
Kentucky's Alben Barkley served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1913 until 1927, when he moved to the Senate. In 1937, Senate Democrats chose him as their majority leader. At the 1948 Democratic convention, the 70-old Barkley won the vice-presidential nomination.
Alben W. Barkley: The Farmer's Son. by James K. Libbey. Alben W. Barkley experienced one of the more extraordi. nary and extended careers ever witnessed in American poli. tics. In the half-century after he won the Democratic primary for the post of county attorney in 1905, the Kentuckian served.
