Talk:Joseph W. Barr

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why did he serve for such a short period of time?

Excerp from: http://www.helium.com/tm/235464/value-federal-reserve-notes

"Their glee centered around the fact that Barr would be leaving office when Lyndon Baines Johnson turned over the Presidency to Richard M. Nixon a month later. Surely the Federal Reserve notes carrying the signature of a Treasury Secretary in office for less than a month would be worth a small fortune, many thought.

When, on January 22, 1969, two days after taking office, the new President appointed David M. Kennedy to replace Barr" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.165.118.28 (talk) 00:37, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

From the same article: "Barr replaced his former boss, Henry H. Fowler, who resigned from the Johnson Administration Cabinet to join a New York City investment banking firm." That's why Fowler left... Johnson having less than one month left in his term appointed Barr, who was the Undersecretary of the Treasury at the time. It's not too unusual for cabinet members towards the end of a lame duch president's term to resign to take a new job... it's just that Fowler did so very late in Johnson's term, and Barr filled in for the rest of it. Shortly after Nixon was sworn in, he named Barr's replacement.

So there you go, why Barr had such a short term... he was the last minute replacement under administration with less than a month left in office. 24.8.252.164 (talk) 04:10, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

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