TY  - BOOK
AU  - Libbey,James K.
TI  - Dear Alben: Mr. Barkley of Kentucky
T2  - Kentucky Bicentennial Bookshelf
SN  - 9780813150291
AV  - E748 .D437 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Lexington
PB  - The University Press of Kentucky
KW  - Barkley, Alben William,
KW  - United States
KW  - Congress
KW  - Biography
KW  - Legislators
KW  - Vice-presidents
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 From Cabin to Congress; 2 The Progressive; 3 Tale of Two Elections; 4 Transitions and Troubled Times; Illustrations; 5 Franklin's ""Dear Alben""; 6 A Singular Veep; 7 Iron Man of Politics; Sources; 2; b
N2  - 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
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