Harold H. Barker
Harold Henry Barker | |
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39th Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives | |
In office January 1937 – January 1939 | |
Preceded by | George W. Johnson |
Succeeded by | Lawrence M. Hall |
Minnesota State Representative | |
In office January 1931 – January 1939 | |
Personal details | |
Born | (1889-06-15)15 June 1889 Duluth, Minnesota |
Died | 23 March 1949(1949-03-23) (aged 59) |
Political party | Nonpartisan Liberal Caucus Farmer-Labor DFL |
Spouse | Marion Grey |
Residence | Elbow Lake, Minnesota |
Harold Henry Barker (15 June 1889 – 23 March 1949) was a Minnesota Farmer-Laborite politician, candidate for Governor of Minnesota, and a Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives. He was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives, in 1930, where he caucused with the Liberal Caucus in the then-nonpartisan body. In 1937, he was elected to serve as speaker, a position he held for two years. His father, H. W. Barker, served in the Wisconsin State Senate.
In 1946, Barker served as the second gubernatorial candidate after of the merger of the Minnesota Democratic and Farmer-Labor Parties into the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, losing to Luther Youngdahl.[1]
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- ^ Minnesota Legislators Past and Present
Political offices | ||
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Preceded by George W. Johnson | Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives 1937–1939 | Succeeded by Lawrence M. Hall |
Party political offices | ||
Preceded by Byron G. Allen | Endorsed Gubernatorial Candidate, Minnesota DFL State Convention 1946 | Succeeded by Charles Halsted |
DFL nominee for Governor of Minnesota 1946 |
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