Dear Alben : Mr. Barkley of Kentucky

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Alben Barkley's final words before he was struck down by a heart attack summed up his long, eventful life: ""I have served my country and my people for half a century as a Democrat. I went to the House of Representatives in 1913 and served fourteen years. I was a junior Congressman, t...

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Main Author: Libbey, James K.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Barkley, Alben William, > 1877-1956.
United States. > Congress.
United States. > Congress > Biography.
Vice-presidents.
Politics and government.
Legislators.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Parlementaires > États-Unis > Biographies.
Vice-presidents > United States > Biography.
Legislators > United States > Biography.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1901-1953.
United States > Politics and government > 1901-1953.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Alben Barkley's final words before he was struck down by a heart attack summed up his long, eventful life: ""I have served my country and my people for half a century as a Democrat. I went to the House of Representatives in 1913 and served fourteen years. I was a junior Congressman, then I became a senior Congressman, then I went to the Senate and became a junior Senator, and then I became a senior Senator; and then a Majority Leader in the Senate, and then Vice President of the United States, and now I am back again as a junior Senator. And I am willing to be a junior. I'm glad to sit in the.
Physical Description:1 online resource (136 pages).
ISBN:9780813150291

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