OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
William Taylor Barry

BORN:
February 5, 1784
Lunenburg, Virginia

DIED:
August 30, 1835 (age 51)
Liverpool, England

EDUCATION:
Transylvania University
College of William and Mary (BA)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democratic-Republican (Before 1825)
Democratic (1828–1835)

HIGHLIGHTS: 
1796:
Moved to Fayette County, Kentucky
1805:
Admitted to the Bar,
Began Practicing Law in Lexington, Kentucky
1807:
Member, Kentucky House of Representatives
1810-1811:
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives,
Democratic-Republican 
1812:
Served in military during War of 1812
1814:
Speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives
1815-1816:
U.S. Senator from Kentucky
1816-1817:
Judge, Circuit Court for the 11th District of Kentucky 
1817-1821:
Member of the Kentucky State Senate 
1822:
Professor of Law and Politics, Transylvania University 
1820-1824:
Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky
1824:
Secretary of State of Kentucky
1825:
Appointed Chief Justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals
1828:
Unsuccessful Democratic Candidate for Governor of Kentucky 
1829-1835:
U.S. Postmaster General 
1835:
Appointed U.S. Minister to Spain,
Died in Liverpool, England while in route to Madrid, Spain

SOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
U.S. House of Representatives
Wikipedia