Alexander G. Barry

Alexander Grant Barry (August 23, 1892 – December 28, 1952) was an American attorney and politician in the state of Oregon. A native of Astoria, he was a World War I veteran and briefly a United States senator from late 1938 to early 1939. A Republican, he later served in the Oregon House of Representatives.

Early life Alexander Barry was born on August 23, 1892, in Astoria, Oregon, at the mouth of the Columbia River. After receiving his primary education in the public schools of that city and in Portland, he then attended the University of Washington in Seattle. He then attended the Northwest College of Law that was created after the University of Oregon's law school moved to Eugene in 1915.

Barry graduated and was admitted to the bar in 1917, entering private legal practice in Portland. He served during the 1945 to 1949 sessions as the representative from District 5. On December 28, 1952, Alexander Grant Barry died in Portland and was interred at Willamette National Cemetery near Portland.