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|name=Ray Anderson Barnhart​

|name=Ray Anderson Barnhart​

|nationality=[[United States|American]]

|nationality=[[United States|American]]

|office=Director of the Federal Highway Administration

|office=Director of the<br>Federal Highway Administration

|president= [[Ronald Reagan]]​

|president=[[Ronald Reagan]]​

|term_start= February 12, 1981​

|term_start=February 12, 1981​

|term_end= December 31, 1987​

|term_end=December 31, 1987​

|preceded=John S. Hassell, Jr.​

|preceded=John S. Hassell, Jr.​

|succeeded=Robert E. Farris​

|succeeded=Robert E. Farris​

[[United States Army]] service

[[United States Army]] service

|residence=Pasadena, Texas<br>

|residence=Pasadena, Texas<br>

St. Clairsville, Belmont County, [[Ohio​]]

St. Clairsville, Belmont County, [[Ohio]]

|spouse= Jacqueline Price Barnhart ​

|spouse= Jacqueline Price Barnhart ​

|children=Whitney Allison Barnhart<br>​

|children=Whitney Allison Barnhart<br>​

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From February 12, 1981 to December 31, 1987 <ref>[https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/highwayhistory/barnhart.cfm]</ref>, Barnhart was director of the Federal Highway Administration under [[U.S. President]] [[Ronald W. Reagan]]. In 1976, he, along with [[Ernest Angelo, Jr.]], of [[Midland]], and [[Barbara Staff]] of [[Dallas]] were co-chairmen of the Reagan presidential [[primary]] campaign against sitting President [[Gerald  Ford]]. From 1973 to 1974, Barnhart was a one-term member of the Texas House of Representatives. He previously served on the Pasadena City Council from 1965 to 1969.<ref name=whow>''Who's Who in America, 1984–1985'', 43rd ed., [[Chicago]]: Marquis Publishers, p. 175.</ref>​

From February 12, 1981 to December 31, 1987 <ref>[https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/highwayhistory/barnhart.cfm]</ref>, Barnhart was director of the Federal Highway Administration under [[U.S. President]] [[Ronald W. Reagan]]. In 1976, he, along with [[Ernest Angelo, Jr.]], of [[Midland]], and [[Barbara Staff]] of [[Dallas]] were co-chairmen of the Reagan presidential [[primary]] campaign against sitting President [[Gerald  Ford]]. From 1973 to 1974, Barnhart was a one-term member of the Texas House of Representatives. He previously served on the Pasadena City Council from 1965 to 1969.<ref name=whow>''Who's Who in America, 1984–1985'', 43rd ed., [[Chicago]]: Marquis Publishers, p. 175.</ref>​

 

==Background==​

==Background==

Barnhart was born to Ora E. Barnhart (1904–1991)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=January 8, 2010}}</ref> and the former Alice Mildred Anderson in Elgin in Kane County west of [[Chicago]] in northeastern [[Illinois]], to the east of Reagan's birthplace in  Tampico in western Illinois. An [[Eagle Scout]], Barnhart graduated from Elgin High School in January 1945, a semester earlier than most of his classmates. He enlisted in the [[United States Army]] and served from 1946 to 1947.<ref name=whow/>  

Barnhart was born to Ora E. Barnhart (1904–1991)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi|title=Social Security Death Index|publisher=ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com|accessdate=January 8, 2010}}</ref> and the former Alice Mildred Anderson in Elgin in Kane County west of [[Chicago]] in northeastern [[Illinois]], to the east of Reagan's birthplace in  Tampico in western Illinois. An [[Eagle Scout]], Barnhart graduated from Elgin High School in January 1945, a semester earlier than most of his classmates. He enlisted in the [[United States Army]] and served from 1946 to 1947.<ref name=whow/>