residence predecessor successor death_date birth_place party office birth_date order term_start spouse article_title term_end name
elbow lake , minnesota george w. johnson lawrence m. hall 23 march 1949 duluth , minnesota nonpartisan liberal caucus farmer-labor dfl speaker representative of the minnesota house of representatives minnesota state 15 june 1889 38th january 1937 january 1931 marion grey harold h. barker
 january 1939 january 1939 harold henry barker
harold h. barker

harold henry barker -lrb- 15 june 1889 , in elbow lake , minnesota -- 23 march 1949 -rrb- was a minnesota farmer-laborite politician , candidate for governor of minnesota , and a speaker of the minnesota house of representatives .
he was elected to the minnesota house of representatives , in 1930 , where he caucused with the liberal caucusin the then-nonpartisan body .
in 1937 , he was elected to serve as speaker , a position he held for two years .
in 1946 , barker served as the second gubernatorial candidate after of the merger of the minnesota democratic and farmer-labor parties into the democratic-farmer-labor party , losing to luther youngdahl .
