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Alben W. Barkley

1877 - 1956

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Alben William Barkley (; November 24, 1877 – April 30, 1956) was the 35th vice president of the United States serving 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. Serving in both houses of Congress, he was a liberal Democrat, supporting President Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom domestic agenda and foreign policy. Endorsing Prohibition and denouncing parimutuel betting, Barkley narrowly lost the Kentucky Democratic gubernatorial primary in 1923 to fellow representative J. Campbell Cantrill. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alben W. Barkley is the 4,970th most popular politician (down from 4,926th in 2019), the 1,802nd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,577th in 2019) and the 157th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alben W. Barkley ranks 4,970 out of 19,576. Before him are John IV, Duke of Brittany, August Landmesser, Louis I, Count of Flanders, Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild, Francis, Duke of Teck, and William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. After him are Maria of Montferrat, Niklot, Janez Janša, Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg, Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, and Beatrice of Swabia.

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Among people born in 1877, Alben W. Barkley ranks 37. Before him are Plutarco Elías Calles, Oswald Avery, Alfred Kubin, Said Nursî, Arthur Cecil Pigou, and André Maginot. After him are Princess Auguste of Bavaria, Rudolf Hilferding, Rosika Schwimmer, Shefqet Vërlaci, Vasil Kolarov, and George Hackenschmidt. Among people deceased in 1956, Alben W. Barkley ranks 48. Before him are Gustave Charpentier, Lyonel Feininger, Juan Negrín, Marie Laurencin, Harold Bride, and Mistinguett. After him are Gottfried Benn, Giovanni Papini, David Seymour, Chandrashekhar Agashe, Savielly Tartakower, and Erich Kleiber.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alben W. Barkley ranks 1,802 out of 20,380. Before him are Valerie Solanas (1936), Stanley Kramer (1913), Jeffrey DeMunn (1947), Steve Carell (1962), Ethan Hawke (1970), and Bruno Mars (1985). After him are Thomas J. Sargent (1943), David O. Selznick (1902), Randy Schekman (1948), Edgar Mitchell (1930), Donald P. Bellisario (1935), and Mary Anderson (1918).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Alben W. Barkley ranks 157. Before him are Liz Cheney (1966), John Forsyth (1780), Elliot Richardson (1920), Paul Ryan (1970), Benjamin Butler (1818), and Melvin Laird (1922). After him are Walter Mondale (1928), Pat Brown (1905), Tecumseh (1768), Bill Weld (1945), James E. Webb (1906), and Red Cloud (1822).

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