Harold H. Barker

Harold Henry Barker (15 June 1889, in Elbow Lake, Minnesota 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.

Harold Henry Barker
39th Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives
In office
January 1937  January 1939
Preceded byGeorge W. Johnson
Succeeded byLawrence M. Hall
Minnesota State Representative
In office
January 1931  January 1939
Personal details
Born(1889-06-15)15 June 1889
Duluth, Minnesota
Died23 March 1949(1949-03-23) (aged 59)
Political partyNonpartisan Liberal Caucus
Farmer-Labor
DFL
Spouse(s)Marion Grey
ResidenceElbow Lake, Minnesota

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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Political offices
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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