The last Kentuckian to fill the #2 spot on a presidential ticket was Alben Barkley, a Democrat from Graves County. He won the vice presidential nomination in 1948 alongside Democratic Harry Truman ...

S oon after he became majority leader of the Senate in 1937, Alben Barkley fell asleep at the political switch. He allowed the antilynching bill to be brought up for discussion and got his party ...

Harry S Truman, right, takes the oath of office as president at 12:29 p.m. on Jan. 20, 1949, in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Alben W. Barkley, left, takes the oath of office as ...