Alben William Barkley was an American lawyer and politician from Kentucky who served as the 35th vice president of the United States from 1949 to 1953 under President Harry S. Truman. In 1905, he was
J. Campbell Cantrill defeated Barkley in the 1923 Democratic gubernatorial primary.
Richard P. Ernst, Barkley's opponent in the 1926 Senate race
John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham was an American attorney and politician who served as the 35th governor of Kentucky and a United States senator from Kentucky. He was the state's first popularly-elected
Beckham, c. 1915
Funds were allocated for the construction of Kentucky's current capitol during Beckham's second term.
Beckham as a U.S. Senator
Wickland, Beckham's birthplace, is on the National Register of Historic Places