It was not uncommon for Senator Barkley to spend all day in the Senate, hop a train, make a speech and hurry back to the Capitol. When Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president in 1932, Alben W.

By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD Special to NKyTribune There are many memorable scenes from the movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. One ...

For example, George H.W. Bush was acting president for almost ... Incoming Vice President Alben Barkley took his oath first, as tradition dictated. He wasn’t sworn in until 12:23.

Tribute was paid to Mr. Cantor for his many humanitarian activities by Vice-President Alben W. Barkley. In behalf of the Israel bond drive, Vice President Barkley presented Mr. Cantor with a gold ...

She is the youngest second lady since 38-year-old Jane Hadley Barkley, the wife of former President Harry Truman's Vice President Alben Barkley, according to ABC News. Start the day smarter.

Predicted House Democratic Leader John W. McCormack ... In the Senate, bumbling Democratic Leader Alben Barkley, worried over almost certain defeat in Kentucky next November, was completely ...

Governor Albert B. “Happy” Chandler had badly lost his bid to defeat Senator Alben W. Barkley for the United States Senate in 1938. The death of Kentucky’s other senator, Marvel M. Logan, gave ...

Mrs. Bush graced the dance floor in a long-sleeve dress embroidered with beads and crystals when she joined her husband, President George W. Bush ... Vice President Alben Barkley is next to ...

Before she went off to Luxembourg, there were rumors of something afoot between her and Truman’s merry widower of a Vice-President, Alben Barkley ... George W. Bush went to bed early; the ...