Alben William Barkley
Burial Location Visited Vice President Grave #
Paducah, Kentucky June 12, 2013 39th Visited

This sign at the front of Paducah's Mount
Kenton Cemetery commemorates Vice
President Alben Barkley, who was buried
there after he died in 1956.

Barkley was the oldest person ever elected
vice president of the United States. He was
seventy-one years old when he took the
oath of office in January of 1949.

The Barkley plot inside Mount Kenton
Cemetery. Alben Barkley is buried next to his
first wife, Dorothy, who passed away before
he was elected to the vice presidency.

Vice president Barkley spent much of his
life in Paducah. Historic markers in the city
denote sites such as Barkley's home, Angles,
and his downtown law office.

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Second Lady: Elizabeth Jane Rucker Hadley Barkley (1949-1953)

      - Spouse: Dorothy Brower Barkley (m. 1903-1947)
                     Elizabeth Jane Rucker Hadley Barkley (m. 1949-1956)

Political Party: Democratic Party

Served Under: Harry S. Truman (1949-1953)

Last Words: "I'm glad to sit on the back row, for I would rather be a servant in

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