Alben W. Barkley

35th Vice President
Political Party	Democratic
Term 	January 20, 1949 - January 20, 1953  (71-75)
President 	Harry S. Truman
Predecessor 	Harry S. Truman
Successor 	Richard Nixon
Full Name 	Alben William Barkley
Birth 	
November 24, 1877
Lowes, Kentucky
Father 	John Wilson Barkley  (1854-1932)
Mother 	Electra Eliza Smith  (1858-1945)
Brothers 	
Clarence Thornton Barkley  (1879-1900)
George Fuller Barkley  (1882-1964)
Harry Smith Barkley  (1884-1910)
John Andrew Barkley  (1893-1973)
Sisters 	
Ima Barkley Brown  (1886-1975)
Ada Barkley Allen  (1889-1915)
Bernice Barkley Thieleman  (1896-1978)
Alma Mater	
Marvin College  (B.A. 1897)
Occupation	
U.S. Senate Minority Leader  (1947-1949)
U.S. Senate Majority Leader  (1937-1947)
U.S. Senator from Kentucky  (1927-1949, 1955-1956)
Representative from Kentucky's 1st District  (1913-1927)
County Attorney for McCracken County, Kentucky  (1906-1913)
Lawyer
Death 	
April 30, 1956
Lexington, Virginia
(78 years)
Marriages
Dorothy Ann Brower  (1882-1947) 	
Married June 23, 1903
Widowed March 10, 1947
(43 years)
Elizabeth Jane Rucker Hadley  (1911-1964)	
Married November 18, 1949
(6 years)
Children
David Murrell Barkley
(m.1933 Dorothy Graves)	
Born 1906
Died 1983
(77 years)
Marian Frances Barkley Truitt
(m.1930 Max Truitt)	
Born 1908
Died 1996
(88 years)
Laura Louise Barkley MacArthur
(m.1934 Douglas MacArthur II)	
Born 1911
Died 1987
(76 years)