Alben W. Barkley
Alben Vilijam Barkli (; Okrug Grejvs, 24. novembar 1877 — Leksington, 30. april 1956) je bio američki političar koji je služio kao 35. potpredsednik Sjedinjenih Država u periodu od 1949. do 1953, za vreme mandata predsednika Harija Trumana. Bio je član Demokratske stranke, a pre funkcije potpredsednika je služio kao član Predstavničkog doma (1913—1927) i Senata (1927—1949) iz Kentakija.

Nakon neuspešne kandidature na predsedničkim izborima 1952, Barkli je 1954. ponovo izabran u Senat nakon pobede nad Džonom Šermanom Kuperom. Umro je 1956. godine.

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Literatura

Primarni izvori 
 Alben Barkley, That Reminds Me (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1954), autobiography
 Alben Barkley, Veep: Former Vice President Alben W. Barkley Tells His Own Story (Folkways Records, 1959), usmena predaja
 Jane R. Barkley, I Married the Veep (New York: Vanguard, 1958), memoari

Sekundarni izvori 
 Davis, Polly. "Court Reform and Alben W. Barkley's Election as Majority Leader". Southern Quarterly 1976 15(1): 15-31.
 Davis, Polly Ann. "Alben W. Barkley's Public Career in 1944". Filson Club History Quarterly 1977 51(2): 143-157.
 Hixson, Walter L. "The 1938 Kentucky Senate Election: Alben W. Barkley, 'Happy' Chandler, and the New Deal". Register of the Kentucky Historical Society 1982 80(3): 309-329.
 
 Libbey, James K. Dear Alben: Mr. Barkley of Kentucky (1979), 110 page biography
 Libbey, James K. "Alben Barkley's Rise from Courthouse to Congress" Register of the Kentucky Historical Society (2000) 98(3): 261-278.
 Pietrusza, David 1948: Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that Changed America, Union Square Press, 2011.
 Robinson, George W. "Alben Barkley and the 1944 Tax Veto". Register of the Kentucky Historical Society (1969) 67(3): 197-210.
 Sexton, Robert F. "The Crusade Against Pari-mutuel Gambling in Kentucky: a Study of Southern Progressivism in the 1920s" Filson Club History Quarterly 1976 50(1): 47-57.

Spoljašnje veze 

 NPR's All Things Considered: Remembering Truman's Veep
 Serija radija WKMS o uticajnim političarima iz Kentakija: Alben Barkli 
 C-SPAN američki politički arhiv o Barkliju 
 Grobno mesto Albena Barklija
 Potpredsednici Sjedinjenih Država: Alben Barkli

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