Harold H. Barker Explained

Harold Henry Barker
Image Name:Haroldhenrybarker.jpg
Order:39th
Office:Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives
Term Start:January 1937
Term End:January 1939
Predecessor:George W. Johnson
Successor:Lawrence M. Hall
Office3:Minnesota State Representative
Term Start3:January 1931
Term End3:January 1939
Birth Date:1889 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Duluth, Minnesota
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]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=11137 Minnesota Legislators Past and Present