Abraham Andrews Barker
Abraham Andrews Barker (born March 30, 1816 in Lovell , Oxford County , Massachusetts , † March 18, 1898 in Altoona , Pennsylvania ) was an American politician . Between 1865 and 1867 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .
Career
Born in what is now Maine , Abraham Barker attended public schools in his homeland and then worked in agriculture. From 1854 he lived first in Carrolltown and then in Ebensburg (Pennsylvania), where he was active in trade and in the wood business. He also became president of a local railroad company. Politically, he joined the Republican Party founded in 1854 . In May 1860, he took part as a delegate at the Republican National Convention in Chicago , at which Abraham Lincoln was nominated as a presidential candidate. During the civil war he served as a soldier in the Union army for a few months .
In the congressional elections of 1864 Barker in the 17th was electoral district of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC chosen, where he succeeded the on March 4, 1865 Democrats Archibald McAllister took. Since he was no longer nominated for re-election by his party in 1866, he was only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1867 . During this time the civil war ended. Still in the year 1865 with the ratification of the 13th Amendment, the slavery in the United States banned. Since 1865, the work of Congress had been weighed down by tension between Republicans and President Andrew Johnson , which later culminated in a narrowly unsuccessful impeachment trial.
After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, Abraham Barker worked again, among other things, in the wood industry. In 1872 he sought unsuccessfully to return to Congress. Since 1880 he lived in retirement. He died on March 18, 1898 in Altoona, where he had come for medical treatment.
Web links
- Abraham Andrews Barker in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
- Abraham Andrews Barker in the database of Find a Grave (English)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Archibald McAllister |
United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (17th constituency) March 4, 1865 - March 3, 1867 |
Daniel Johnson Morrell |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Barker, Abraham Andrews |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 30, 1816 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lovell , Massachusetts |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 18, 1898 |
| Place of death | Altoona , Pennsylvania |