Wendell B. Barnes

Wendell B. Barnes
2nd Administrator of the Small Business Administration
In office
February 9, 1954 – November 21, 1959
PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded byWilliam D. Mitchell
Succeeded byPhilip McCallum
Member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives
In office
1950–1952
Personal details
Born(1909-08-23)August 23, 1909
Ponca City, Oklahoma, U.S.
DiedJune 11, 1985(1985-06-11) (aged 75)
Walnut Creek, California, U.S.
Political partyRepublican

Wendell B. Barnes (August 23, 1909 – June 11, 1985) was an American politician who served as the 2nd Administrator of the Small Business Administration from 1954 to 1959 and who served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives between 1950 and 1952. Born in Ponca City, Oklahoma, Barnes graduated from Brown University in 1928 and from the University of Michigan Law School in 1935.[a]


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