Barry, William T. (William Taylor), 1785-1835
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Kentucky lawyer, state legislator, lieutenant governor, judge, U.S. congressman and senator, and postmaster general.
U.S. senator and representative from Kentucky, U.S. postmaster general, jurist, and diplomat.
Washington, D.C. resident, lawyer, and postmaster general.
Kentucky lawyer and politician, (1785-1835), Lieutenant Governor and Chief Justice of Kentucky, and later Postmaster General of United States in Andrew Jackson's Cabinet.
William Taylor Barry was born in Lunenberg County, Virginia, on February 5, 1784, and migrated to Fayette County, Kentucky, during the mid-1790's. Barry was appointed commonwealth attorney in 1805, and in 1820 he ran for lieutenant governor on the Relief Party ticket. He won the election and served under Governor John Adair until 1824. After serving his term in office he was appointed chief judge of the New Court. Barry seemed to have met his political demise when New Court Candidates were routed by voters in the 1828 elections. His support of Andrew Jackson in the 1828 presidential elections won him the position of Postmaster General. He was forced to resign this position in 1835 because of congressional investigations into his term. He died shortly thereafter, in August of 1835, on his way to become minister to Spain.
Samuel Houston's note was penned to Barry after Houston had resigned from office as Governor of Tennessee and moved to the Arkansas Territory. He eventually settled in what is today the state of Texas, and led the fight for Texas independence from Mexico.
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