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Joseph Walker Barr (January 17, 1918 – February 23, 1996) was an American businessman and politician from Indiana. He served one term in the United States House of Representatives . He was also the United States Secretary of the Treasury from December 21, 1968 until January 20, 1969, in President Lyndon B. Johnson 's cabinet.
Barr was born in Pittsburgh to James P. and Blanche E. Moran Barr. [7] He married Alice White, when she was 29 and he was 43. White had been active with women's Republican groups in Chicago [8] but left the Republican party in support of her Democrat husband. [9] Together they had two children, Alice ("Candy") and Joseph ("Skipp). [8]
The incumbent mayor, Joe Barr of the Democratic Party was victorious for his second term. A total of 184,604 votes were cast. The 1965 race marks the last time that a Republican candidate was marginally competitive, as Barr defeated attorney Vince Rovitto by only about a 25% margin of victory.
From 1901 to 1903 the state legislature took control of the city on the grounds of corruption by former Mayor William J. Diehl with the passage of the so-called "ripper bill" and appointed the unelected "recorders" Joseph Brown and Adam Brown, who were answerable only to the state government. Since 1903, all mayors have been popularly elected.
Joseph W. Barr: Democratic 1958: Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain. Donald C. Bruce (Republican) 53.7% Joseph W. Barr (Democratic) 46.2%
Barr recounted Trump's fury on Dec. 1, 2020, when he learned that his attorney general had given an interview to the Associated Press and told them there was no evidence of widespread election fraud.
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William Pelham Barr (born May 23, 1950) is an American attorney who served as United States attorney general in the administration of President George H. W. Bush from 1991 to 1993 and again in the first administration of President Donald Trump from 2019 to 2020.