ALBEN W. BARKLEY
(Alben William Barkley)
There was rationing during World War II, and California Senator Sheridan Downey introduced a resolution calling on Senators to accept rationing restrictions and not use their position to evade the restrictions:
Barkley was selected by FDR and the party leaders to be the Vice Presidential candidate.
Asked why he had been so popular in the Senate over the years:
Alben William Barkley was an American lawyer and politician from Kentucky who served in both houses of Congress and as the 35th vice president of the United States from 1949 to 1953. In 1905, he was elected county attorney for McCracken County, Kentucky. He was chosen County Judge/Executive in 1909 and U.S. representative from Kentucky's First District in 1912. As a Representative, he was a liberal Democrat, supporting President Woodrow Wilson's New Freedom domestic agenda and foreign policy.