Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. This specific family group is a subset of themuch largerFour ThousandRelated Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist.  |  Alben William Barkley (1877-1956) — also known asAlben W. Barkley;Willie Alben Barkley;"Dear Alben";"Little Alby";"Veep" —of Paducah,McCrackenCounty, Ky.Born in alogcabin near Lowes,GravesCounty, Ky.,November24, 1877.Democrat.Lawyer;McCrackenCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1906-09; county judge in Kentucky,1909-13;U.S.Representative from Kentucky 1st District, 1913-27; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Kentucky,1920,1924,1928,1932,1936,1940,1944(speaker),1948(TemporaryChair; chair,Committeeto Notify Vice-Presidential Nominee),1952;candidate forGovernor ofKentucky, 1923;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1927-49, 1955-56; died in office 1956;candidate for Democratic nomination for Vice President,1944;VicePresident of the United States, 1949-53.Methodist.Member,DeltaTau Delta;PhiAlpha Delta;OddFellows;Elks.Died of aheartattack while speaking at the Washington and Lee University MockDemocraticConvention,Lexington,Va.,April30, 1956 (age78 years, 158days).Interment atMt.Kenton Cemetery, Near Paducah, McCracken County, Ky.| |  Relatives: Sonof John Wilson Barkley and Electra Eliza (Smith) Barkley; married,June 23,1903, to Dorothy Brower; married,November18, 1949, to Jane Hadley andJaneHadley (1911-1964); father of Laura Louise Barkley (who marriedDouglasMacArthur II); grandfather ofAlbenW. Barkley II. | | | | Political families:MacArthurfamily of Pennsylvania;Barkleyfamily (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | C. V. Whitney's thoroughbreadracehorse"The Veep" (born 1948), wasnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Alben W. Barkley: Polly AnnDavis,AlbenW. Barkley, Senate Majority Leader and VicePresident — James K. Libbey,DearAlben : Mr. Barkley of Kentucky — Jane Hadley Barkley,IMarried the Veep | | | | Image source: TrumanLibrary |
| | Douglas MacArthur II (1909-1997) — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Bryn Mawr,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.,July 5,1909.Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul inVancouver, as of 1935;Naples, as of 1937-38;Paris, 1944; U.S. Ambassador toJapan, 1957-61;Belgium, 1961-65;Austria, 1967-69;Iran, 1969-72.Member,Council onForeign Relations.Died, after astrokeandheartattack, in Georgetown UniversityHospital,Washington,D.C.,November15, 1997 (age88 years, 133days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Jane Hadley Barkley (1911-1964) — also known asElizabeth Jane Rucker;JaneHadley —ofSt.Louis, Mo.Born in Keytesville,CharitonCounty, Mo.,September23, 1911.SecondLady of the United States, 1949-53.Female.Died inWashington,D.C.,September6, 1964 (age52 years, 349days).Cremated;ashes interred atValhallaCemetery, Bel-Nor, Mo. | | Alben W. Barkley II (born c.1945) — of Marion,CrittendenCounty, Ky.Born about 1945. Democrat.Kentuckycommissioner of agriculture, 1980-83;convictedin 1981 by the Kentucky Personnel Board ofsexualharassing his secretary, but the board had no authority to punishhim; candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Kentucky, 1983.Still living as of 1983.
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