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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaJoseph Walker BARR
(1918-1996)
BARR, Joseph Walker, a
Representative from Indiana; born in Bicknell, Knox County, Ind.,
January 17, 1918; graduated from DePauw University in 1939 and from
Harvard University in 1941; served in the United States Navy,
1942-1945, with subchaser duty in the Mediterranean and Atlantic;
received Bronze Star for sinking submarine off Anzio Beach; engaged
in the operation of grain elevators, theaters, real-estate, and
publishing business; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-sixth
Congress (January 3, 1959-January 3, 1961); unsuccessful candidate
for reelection in 1960 to the Eighty-seventh Congress; appointed
assistant for congressional relations to the Secretary of the
Treasury, 1961; appointed Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation, 1963; Under Secretary of the Treasury, 1965-1968;
appointed by President Johnson as Secretary of the Treasury,
December 21, 1968, to January 20, 1969; president and chairman,
American Security and Trust Company, 1969-1974; chairman, Federal
Home Loan Bank of Atlanta, 1977-1981; died February 23, 1996 in
Playa del Carmen, Mexico.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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