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Alben W. Barkley


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When Barkley entered the Senate chamber on February 23 word had spread that Roosevelt's veto had angered him. With Truman's popularity waning entering the 1948 Democratic National Convention Barkley gave a keynote address that energized the delegates. Barkley admitted his eventual desire for a Senate seat and countered that Hendrick had also frequently sought office: "When the Pope died some years ago nobody would tell Hendrick for fear he would declare for that office.

During his 1938 re-election bid his opponent A. "Happy" Chandler accused him of using Works Progress Administration employees to campaign for him; Barkley claimed Chandler used state employees in the same way. In 1905 he was elected county attorney for McCracken County Kentucky.

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