Alben William Barkley

ID: 1631
This file appears in: Angles

Alben Barkley played an important role in Kentucky and American affairs during his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, and the office of Vice President of the United States. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

This file appears in: Angles

By McKenzie Martin
Historical Marker #680 commemorates Alben W. Barley and his beloved estate, Angles, in McCracken County. Barkley was born on November 24, 1877, in a Graves County log cabin to tenant farmers John…