Dick Barry | |
Office: | 73rd Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives |
Term Start: | January 7, 1963 |
Term End: | January 3, 1967 |
Predecessor: | James L. Bomar Jr. |
Successor: | James H. Cummings |
Office2: | Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives |
Term Start2: | January 3, 1955 |
Term End2: | January 3, 1967 |
Preceded2: | Joe R. Murphy Jr. |
Succeeded2: | Edward Bailey |
Constituency2: | 23rd district (1955–1963) 26th district (1963–1965) 27th district (1965–1967) |
Birth Name: | William Logan Barry |
Birth Date: | February 9, 1926 |
Birth Place: | Lexington, Tennessee, U.S. |
Death Place: | Lexington, Tennessee, U.S. |
Party: | Democratic |
Education: | Vanderbilt University |
Allegiance: | United States |
Branch: | United States Army |
William Logan Barry (February 9, 1926 – May 22, 2013) was an American lawyer and politician.
Born in Lexington, Tennessee, Barry served in the United States Army in Japan. He received his bachelors and law degrees from Vanderbilt University and practiced law. Barry served on the Lexington, Tennessee city council in 1953. He then served in the Tennessee House of Representatives 1954–1967, as a Democrat, and was the speaker. He died in Lexington, Tennessee.[1] [2]