David F. Wilber

David Forrest Wilber (born December 7, 1859 in Milford , New York , † August 14, 1928 in Upper Dam , Maine ) was an American politician . Between 1895 and 1899 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives . Congressman David Wilber was his father.

Career

David Forrest Wilber was born in Otsego County about two years before the civil war broke out . He attended public schools. In 1879 he graduated from Cazenovia Seminary . He then worked in the hops business in Milford in 1879 and in Oneonta in 1880 . In addition, he pursued real estate business, agricultural work and ranching. He twice represented Oneonta on the Otsego County County Council. Between 1883 and 1896 he was Vice President and Director of Wilber National Bank of Oneonta. He was trustee of Cazenovia Seminary . Politically, he belonged to the Republican Party .

In the 1894 congressional elections for the 54th Congress , Wilber was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the 21st  constituency of New York , where he succeeded Simon J. Schermerhorn on March 4, 1895 . He was re-elected once. Since he on a run again in 1898 renounced, he left the after 3 March 1899 Congress of.

In 1903 he became US consul in Barbados - a post he held until 1905. He was then in Singapore between 1905 and 1907 , in Halifax between 1907 and 1909 , in Kobe between 1909 and 1910 , in Vancouver between 1910 and 1913 , in Zurich between 1913 and 1915 , in Genoa between 1915 and 1921 and in 1922 and 1923 in Auckland and Wellington served as consul general . In June 1923 he returned to Oneonta, where he went about his business again. Between 1924 and 1927 he was a member of the Republican State Committee . He died on August 14, 1928 at his summer camp in Upper Dam, Oxford County, and was then buried in Glenwood Cemetery in Oneonta.

Web links

• David F. Wilber in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• David F. Wilber in the database of Find a Grave (English)