NPR: Alben Barkley https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126270298 Alben Barkley en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Tue, 16 Sep 2025 02:00:44 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: Alben Barkley https://www.npr.org/tags/126270298/alben-barkley Joe Biden Has History On His Side But Little Else If Hillary Clinton Runs History says that if a sitting vice president wants to succeed his retiring boss, the nomination is usually his. Think: Nixon '60, Humphrey '68, Bush '88, Gore '00. But history may not help Joe Biden in 2016. Tue, 07 May 2013 06:30:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/politicaljunkie/2013/05/07/181338426/joe-biden-has-history-on-his-side-but-little-else-if-hillary-clinton-runs https://www.npr.org/sections/politicaljunkie/2013/05/07/181338426/joe-biden-has-history-on-his-side-but-little-else-if-hillary-clinton-runs

History says that if a sitting vice president wants to succeed his retiring boss, the nomination is usually his. Think: Nixon '60, Humphrey '68, Bush '88, Gore '00. But history may not help Joe Biden in 2016.

]]> Ken Rudin Flashback Friday:  On This Day In 1956, Ex-Vice President Alben Barkley Dies Fifty-four years ago today, Sen. Alben Barkley of Kentucky, who served as vice president under Harry Truman from 1949-53, died of a heart attack.  He was 78 years old. Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:19:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/politicaljunkie/2010/04/25/126270301/flashback-friday---on-this-day-in-1956--ex-v-p--alben-barkley-dies https://www.npr.org/sections/politicaljunkie/2010/04/25/126270301/flashback-friday---on-this-day-in-1956--ex-v-p--alben-barkley-dies

Fifty-four years ago today, Sen. Alben Barkley of Kentucky, who served as vice president under Harry Truman from 1949-53, died of a heart attack.  He was 78 years old.

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