{{Short description|American lawyer and politician}} {{similar names|Richard Barry (disambiguation){{!}}Richard Barry}} {{Distinguish|Rick Barry|Dick Barry (New Hampshire politician)}} {{Use American English|date=April 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Dick Barry | image = William L Barry.jpg | caption = Official portrait, 1965 | office = 73rd Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives | term_start = January 7, 1963 | term_end = January 3, 1967 | predecessor = James L. Bomar Jr. | successor = James H. Cummings | office2 = Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives | term_start2 = January 3, 1955 | term_end2 = January 3, 1967 | preceded2 = Joe R. Murphy Jr. | succeeded2 = Edward Bailey | constituency2 = 23rd district (1955–1963)<br>26th district (1963–1965)<br>27th district (1965–1967) | birth_name = William Logan Barry | birth_date = {{birth date|1926|2|9|mf=y}} | birth_place = Lexington, Tennessee, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2013|5|22|1926|2|9|mf=y}} | death_place = Lexington, Tennessee, U.S. | party = Democratic | spouse = | education = {{ubil|Vanderbilt University ({{nowrap|BA, JD}})}} | signature = | branch = United States Army | service_years = | rank = }}
'''William Logan Barry''' (February 9, 1926 – May 22, 2013) was an American lawyer and politician.
Born in Lexington, Tennessee, Barry served in the United States Army in Japan. He received his bachelors and law degrees from Vanderbilt University and practiced law. Barry served on the Lexington, Tennessee city council in 1953. He then served in the Tennessee House of Representatives 1954–1967, as a Democrat, and was the speaker. He died in Lexington, Tennessee.<ref>[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/jacksonsun/obituary.aspx?n=william-l-barry-dick&pid=164949178&fhid=6385#fbLoggedOut Obituary]</ref><ref>'Dick Barry, former TN House speaker dies at 87,' ''The Tennessean'', Chas Sisk, May 23, 2013</ref>
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