Senate Committees:
68th General Assembly – Railroads and Private Corporations (chairman); Fees, Salaries and Local Government; Unemployment and Workmen’s Compensation; State Departments; and Aviation, Water and Natural Resources.
69th General Assembly – Railroads and Private Corporations (chairman); Roads and Highways; Insurance; Local Government; Unemployment and Workmen’s Compensation; and Aviation, and Water Resources.
70th General Assembly – Correctional Institutions (chairman); Local Government (vice chairman); Bills Agreed To and Finally Passed (vice chairman); Ways and Means; Criminal Jurisprudence; Insurance; and Roads and Highways.
71st General Assembly – Mental Health (chairman); Local Government (vice chairman); Bills Agreed To and Finally Passed (vice chairman); Criminal Jurisprudence; Labor; State Departments; Elections, Military, Veteran and Naval Affairs; and Economics and Major Expenditures.
72nd General Assembly – Mental Health (chairman); Bills Agreed To and Finally Passed (vice chairman); Criminal Jurisprudence; Elections, Military, Veterans and Naval Affairs; Public Health and Welfare; Roads and Highways; Ways and Means; and the Metropolitan Committee.
73rd General Assembly – Mental Health (chairman); Bills Agreed To and Finally Passed (vice chairman); Criminal Jurisprudence; Economic and Major Expenditures; Elections, Military, Veteran and Naval Affairs; Employment Security; the Metropolitan Committee; Public Health and Welfare; Roads and Highways; and Ways and Means. |
John P. Barrett served the people of the 6th District (part of St. Louis City). Born in St. Louis, he received his education from St. Louis public and parochial schools. Senator Barrett worked as a salesman; and served in the U.S. Navy in the South Pacific during World War II. He was elected to the Senate in 1954, and re-elected in 1958 and 1962. Senator Barrett resigned from office in 1965. (Democrat)
Official Manual of the State of Missouri: 1965-1966
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