# David S. Barry

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{{Short description|American journalist}}
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'''David Sheldon Barry Sr.''' (May 25, 1859 – February 10, 1936)<ref>{{cite news |title=David S. Barry, Former Senate Official, Dies |work=[Chicago Daily Tribune](/source/Chicago_Daily_Tribune) |date=February 11, 1936 |page=18 }}</ref> was an American journalist who became the 17th [Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate](/source/Sergeant_at_Arms_of_the_United_States_Senate), serving from 1919 to 1933.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Senate of the United States: its history and practice, Volume 1 |last=Haynes |first=George Henry |page=264 |year=1960 |publisher=Russell & Russell |oclc=225372015 }}</ref>

Barry's first-hand experience of politics began at the age of twelve as a page in the [Michigan Legislature](/source/Michigan_Legislature), where he served from 1871 to 1873,<ref>{{cite book |title=Official Congressional Directory |last=Matson |first=Francis G. |page=231 |year=1921 |publisher=[United States Congress](/source/United_States_Congress) |oclc=48473297 }}</ref> going on to become a [United States Senate Page](/source/United_States_Senate_Page) in 1875.<ref>{{cite news |title=Live Pages in Political Affairs |work=[Boys' Life](/source/Boys'_Life) |date=August 1922 |page=48 }}</ref> He then entered a career in journalism which included stints as [Washington](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.) correspondent for Detroit's ''[Post and Tribune](/source/Post_and_Tribune)'',<ref>{{cite book |title=Newspapers, a reference guide |last=Schwarzlose |first=Richard Allen |page=[https://archive.org/details/newspapersrefere0000schw/page/71 71] |year=1987 |publisher=[Greenwood Press](/source/Greenwood_Press) |isbn=978-0-313-23613-6 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/newspapersrefere0000schw/page/71 }}</ref> editor-in-chief of ''[The Providence Journal](/source/The_Providence_Journal)'' (1904–1906)<ref>{{cite book |title=Journal-bulletin Rhode Island almanac |page=210 |year=1998 |publisher=[Providence Journal Bulletin](/source/Providence_Journal_Bulletin) |oclc=228293898 }}</ref> and Washington bureau chief for ''[The New York Sun](/source/The_New_York_Sun)'', where he was known as a strong supporter of [Theodore Roosevelt](/source/Theodore_Roosevelt).<ref>{{cite book |title=Managing the Press: Origins of the Media Presidency, 1897–1933 |last=Ponder |first=Stephen |page=22 |year=2000 |publisher=[Palgrave Macmillan](/source/Palgrave_Macmillan) |isbn=978-0-312-23507-9 }}</ref> He drew upon his experiences as a Washington correspondent for his 1924 book, ''Forty Years in Washington''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Forty Years in the Paradise of American Politicians; David S. Barry Tells a Little of All He Knows About Them |work=The New York Times |date=March 30, 1924 |page=BR13 }}</ref>

Barry was appointed Sergeant at Arms to the United States Senate in 1919, and was dismissed in 1933 after accusations that an article that he wrote for the journal ''[New Outlook](/source/New_Outlook)''<ref>{{cite journal |last=Barry |first=David S. |date=February 1933 |title=Over the Hill to Demagoguery |journal=New Outlook |volume=161 |pages=40–43 |oclc=5361148 }}</ref> libelled the Senate with claims that some members were well known to sell their votes.<ref>{{cite book |title=George W. Norris: the persistence of a progressive, 1913–1933, Volume 2 |last=Lowitt |first=Richard |page=[https://archive.org/details/georgewnorrisper0000lowi/page/566 566] |year=1971 |publisher=[University of Illinois Press](/source/University_of_Illinois_Press) |isbn=978-0-252-00176-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/georgewnorrisper0000lowi/page/566 }}</ref>

He was the father of Col. [David S. Barry. Jr.](/source/David_S._Barry._Jr.), an officer in the [United States Marines](/source/United_States_Marines),<ref>{{cite news |title=Col. David Barry, Marine 32 Years; Retired Officer, a Leader of Honor Guard When Harding's Body Lay in State, Dies |work=The New York Times |date=July 2, 1951 |page=18 }}</ref> and great-grandfather of [Julia Thorne](/source/Julia_Thorne) and Ambassador [David Thorne](/source/David_Thorne_(diplomat)).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wargs.com/political/thorne.html |title=The Ancestors of Julia Stimson Thorne (b. 1945) |work=wargs.com |publisher=William Addams Reitwiesner |access-date=May 11, 2010 }}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=May 2010}}

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Category:1859 births
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Category:American male journalists
Category:Sergeants at Arms of the United States Senate

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