Samuel S. Barney
Samuel S. Barney | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 5th district |
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In office March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903 |
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Preceded by | George H. Brickner |
Succeeded by | William H. Stafford |
Personal details | |
Born | Hartford, Wisconsin |
January 31, 1846
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
Political party | Republican |
Samuel Stebbins Barney (January 31, 1846 – December 31, 1919) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.
Born in Hartford, Wisconsin, Barney attended public schools and Lombard College, Galesburg, Illinois. He taught high school in Hartford for four years. He studied law in West Bend, Wisconsin and was admitted to the bar in 1873 commencing practice in West Bend. Barney served as Superintendent of schools of Washington County, Wisconsin from 1876 till 1880, then returned to private practice.He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago in 1884. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1884 to the Forty-ninth Congress.
Barney was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903). While in Congress he represented Wisconsin's 5th congressional district. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1902.
President Theodore Roosevelt appointed him associate justice of the United States Court of Claims, Washington, D.C., in 1904. He served until 1919. He died in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on December 31, 1919[1] and was interred in Union Cemetery, West Bend, Wisconsin.
Sources
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- Samuel S. Barney at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- The United States Court of Claims : a history / pt. 1. The judges, 1855-1976 / by Marion T. Bennett / pt. 2. Origin, development, jurisdiction, 1855-1978 / W. Cowen, P. Nichols, M.T. Bennett. Washington, D.C. : Committee on the Bicentennial of Independence and the Constitution of the Judicial Conference of the United States, 1976 i.e. 1977-1978. 2 vols.
External links
- Samuel S. Barney at Find-A-Grave
United States House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 5th congressional district March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903 |
Succeeded by William H. Stafford |
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