Jacob A. Garber

Jacob A. Garber

Jacob Aaron Garber (born January 25, 1879 in Harrisonburg , Virginia , †  December 2, 1953 ) was an American politician . Between 1929 and 1931 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Jacob Garber attended the public schools in his home country. In 1904 and 1905 he was a teacher at the Brentsville Academy . He then continued his own education at Emerson College in Boston until 1907 . He also taught there at the Well's Memorial Institute . In 1908 he moved to Timberville , Virginia, where he worked as a bank teller until 1924. From 1924 to 1929 Garber was a chamberlain in Rockingham County . Politically, he became a member of the Republican Party . From 1920 to 1922 he was a member of the Virginia House of Representatives . At that time he was also working in fruit growing and the canning industry.

In the 1928 congressional election , Garber was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the seventh constituency of Virginia , where he succeeded Thomas W. Harrison on March 4, 1929 . Since he was not confirmed in 1930, he could only complete one term in Congress until March 3, 1931 . This was overshadowed by the events of the Great Depression.

Jacob Garber worked for the Tax Department in Richmond from 1931 to 1935 . In June 1932 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago , where President Herbert Hoover was nominated for re-election, which was unsuccessful. In 1940 Garber sought his return to Congress unsuccessfully. From 1945 to 1947 he was a member of the Virginia Senate . Then he turned back to fruit growing. He died in Harrisonburg on December 2, 1953.

Web links

• Jacob A. Garber in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Jacob A. Garber in the database of Find a Grave (English)