Background
Barry, William Taylor was born on February 5, 1785 in Lunenburg, Virginia, United States. Son of John and Susannah (Dozier) Barry.
Barry, William Taylor was born on February 5, 1785 in Lunenburg, Virginia, United States. Son of John and Susannah (Dozier) Barry.
Graduated from College William and Mary, 1803.
Admitted to bar, 1805. Member Kentucky House of Representatives, 1809 14, speaker, 1814. Member United States House of Representatives (Democrat) from Kentucky, 11th Congress, August 1810-1811.
Secretary and aide-de-camp to General Isaac Shelby during War of 1812, served in Battle of the Thames, 1813.
Member United States Senate (Democrat) from Kentucky, 1814-1816. Judge 11th Circuit Court of Kentucky, 1816-1817.
Member Kentucky Senate, 1817-1821. Lieutenant governor Kentucky, 1820.
Tried to establish an effective system of public education.
Professor of law, politics Transylvania University, 1822-1824. Secretary of state Kentucky, 1824. Chief justice Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1825.
Postmaster-general United States, 1829-1835.
Appointed United States minister to Spain, 1835, died before serving.
William Taylor Barry has been listed as a noteworthy senator, postmaster general by Marquis Who's Who.
Member Kentucky House of Representatives, 1809 14, speaker, 1814. Member United States House of Representatives (Democrat) from Kentucky, 11th Congress, August 1810-1811. Member United States Senate (Democrat) from Kentucky, 1814-1816.
Member Kentucky Senate, 1817-1821.
Married Lucy Overton. Married second, Catherine Mason.
