Robert Raymond Barry was a Republican

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 member of the United States House of Representatives

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 from New York

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Barry was born in Omaha, Nebraska

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. He attended Hamilton College from 1933 until 1936. During World War II

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 he worked in the office of the Undersecretary of the Navy. He served on the political staffs of Wendell Willkie

Wendell Willkie

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, Governor Thomas Dewey

Thomas Dewey

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 and Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower

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 and Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

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. He was the United States delegate to several NATO Parliamentary Assemblies

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 and to UNESCO

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. He was elected to Congress in 1958 and served from January 3, 1959 until January 3, 1965. He lost a bid for re-election in 1964 against Richard Ottinger

Richard Ottinger

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. He died in Redwood City, California

Redwood City, California

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