Jane Hadley Barkley is the former Second Lady of the United States and the widow of former Vice President Alben Barkley. She was Vice President Barkley's second wife. Lynne Cheney, the current Second Lady of the United States The Second Lady of the United States is an unofficial title for the wife of the Vice President of the United States styled relatively to the formal title of the First Lady who is wife to the President and principal... The Vice President of the United States is the second-highest executive official of the United States government. ... Alben William Barkley (November 24, 1877–April 30, 1956) was a Representative and a Senator from Kentucky and the thirty_fifth Vice President of the United States. ...

She married Vice President Barkley in November 1949, which was after he became vice president. Mrs. Barkley was the first Second Lady since April 1945, when Bess Truman succeeded Eleanor Roosevelt and First Lady. She served as Second Lady until January 1953, when her husband retired from the vice presidency. Elizabeth Virginia Wallace Truman (February 13, 1885 – October 18, 1982), often known as Bess Truman, was the wife of Harry S Truman and First Lady of the United States from 1945 to 1953. ... Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (October 11, 1884 – November 7, 1962) was an American political leader who used her stature as First Lady of the United States, from 1933 to 1945 to promote the New Deal of her husband Franklin D. Roosevelt, as well as Civil Rights. ... Martha Washington, 1st First Lady of the United States Laura Bush, current First Lady of the United States (2001-present) First Lady of the United States is the unofficial title of the hostess of the White House. ...