Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956

LC control no.	n 79056767
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	United States
Associated place	Washington (D.C.)
Located	Graves County (Ky.) Hickman County (Ky.) Atlanta (Ga.) Charlottesville (Va.) Paducah (Ky.)
Birth date	1877-11-24
Death date	1956-04-30
Place of birth	Graves County (Ky.)
Place of death	Lexington (Va.)
Affiliation	Democratic Party (U.S.) University of Virginia. School of Law Emory University United States. Congress. Senate United States. Congress. Senate United States. Congress. House
Profession or occupation	Congressmen Lawyers Teachers Vice-Presidents
Found in	U.S. Cong. House. Com. on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Manufacture, sale, or transportation of mishandled articles. Report ... 1916. Kentucky encyclopedia, ©1992: pages 52-53 (Alben William Barkley, U.S. Democratic congressman, senator and vice president. Born November 24, 1877 near Lowes in Graves County, Ky. Moved in 1891 near Clinton in Hickman County. Attended Marvin College 1892 to 1897, then Emory College of Atlanta from 1897 to 1898 until his brief return to teach at Marvin College, then moved to Paducah, Ky. Served in Paducah as a law clerk, then passed the bar in 1901 and opened a law office in 1901. He continued studying law in the summer of 1902 at the University of Virginia School of Law. Successfully ran for county attorney in 1904, then for U.S. House of Representatives, serving from March 4, 1913 to March 3, 1927, then for U.S. Senate from March 4, 1927 to January 19, 1949, and again from January 3, 1955 until his death on April 30, 1956. Served as vice president under Truman January 20, 1949-January 20, 1953. Died on April 30, 1956 in Lexington, Virginia)
Associated language	eng