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|name = Frank Aloysius Barrett
|image name = Frank Barrett.jpg
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|term4 = 1933-1935
|birth_date = {{birth date|1892|11|10}}
|birth_place = [[Omaha, Nebraska]], U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|1962|5|30|1892|11|10}}
|death_place = [[Cheyenne, Wyoming]], U.S.
|party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|spouse = Alice Catherine Donoghue (first wife)<br>Augusta K. Hogan (second wife)
|children = [[James
|profession = [[Soldier]], [[lawyer]] and [[politician]]
|alma_mater = [[Creighton University]]
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|branch = {{flag|United States Army}}
|serviceyears = 1917–1919
|rank =
|battles = [[World War I]]
|unit = Balloon Corps
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==Biography==
[[File:Frank A. Barrett (WY).png|140px|thumb|left|Barrett as governor.]]
Barrett was born in [[Omaha, Nebraska]], to a family of eight. His parents were Patrick J. Barrett and Elizabeth A. Curran Barrett. His mother and his paternal grandparents emigrated to the United States from [[Ireland]].<ref>
{{citation |url= https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML4C-ZG3 |title= United States Census, 1910 |website= [[FamilySearch]] |
After arriving in Lusk, Barrett put his law degree to good use, acting as county attorney for [[Niobrara County, Wyoming|Niobrara]] from 1922 until 1934. He served in the [[Wyoming Senate]] from 1933 until 1935,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barreiro-barrett.html|title=Barrett, Frank Aloysius (1892-1962)|publisher= The Political Graveyard|
==Family life==
On February 17, 1956, his wife Alice died of cancer. They had had four children together, one of whom had died in infancy. On April 4, 1959, he remarried, to Augusta K. Hogan. Barrett completed his term in the Senate in 1958, and narrowly lost his re-election bid. In 1959 he was appointed Chief Counsel of the [[United States Department of Agriculture|Department of Agriculture]] and sat on the board of directors of the [[Commodity Credit Corporation]]. His son, [[James
==Death==
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*[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/barreiro-barrett.html The Political Graveyard]
*[http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_wyoming/col2-content/main-content-list/title_barrett_frank.html National Governors Association: Wyoming Governor Frank A. Barrett]
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