Alben W. Barkley
vice president of the United States from 1949 to 1953
- Born: 1877-11-24 (Lowes)
- Died: 1956-04-30 (Lexington)
- Country of citizenship: United States of America
- Occupation: judge (period: 1909-01-01 through 1913-01-01; work location: McCracken County); lawyer (work location: Paducah); politician
- Member of political party: Democratic Party
- Position held: United States representative (period: 1913-03-04 through 1927-03-03; replaced by: William Voris Gregory; replaces: Ollie Murray James); United States senator (elected in: 1926 United States Senate election in Kentucky, 1932 United States Senate election in Kentucky, 1938 United States Senate election in Kentucky, 1944 United States Senate election in Kentucky, 1954 United States Senate election in Kentucky; electoral district: Kentucky Class 2 senate seat, Kentucky Class 3 senate seat; end cause: death in office; parliamentary group: Democratic Party; parliamentary term: 70th United States Congress, 71st United States Congress, 72nd United States Congress, 73rd United States Congress, ..., 84th United States Congress; period: 1927-03-04 through 1929-03-04, 1929-03-04 through 1931-03-04, 1931-03-04 through 1933-03-04, 1933-03-04 through 1935-01-03, ..., 1955-01-03 through 1956-04-30; replaced by: Garrett L. Withers, Robert Humphreys; replaces: John Sherman Cooper, Richard P. Ernst); Vice President of the United States (period: 1949-01-20 through 1953-01-20; replaced by: Richard Nixon; series ordinal: 35); prosecutor (location: McCracken County; period: 1905-01-01 through 1909-01-01)
- Educated at: Emory University; Oxford College of Emory University; University of Virginia School of Law
- Spouse: Dorothy Brower; Jane Hadley Barkley
- VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/35730573
- ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/000000010653794X
- WorldCat Identities ID: https://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79056767
- Library of Congress authority ID: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79056767