Orion Metcalf Barber

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Orion Metcalf Barber

Orion Metcalf Barber (born July 13, 1857 in Jamaica , Vermont , † March 28, 1930 in Bennington , Vermont) was an American judge and politician who was State Auditor of Vermont from 1898 to 1902 .

Life

Orion Metcalf Barber was born in Jamaica, Vermont to Emmons Daniel Barber and Lucia A. Pierce Barber. He attended Bernardston Academy in Franklin County , Massachusetts, Leland and Gray Seminary in Townshend , Vermont, and the Perkins Institute in Woodstock , Vermont. After serving for several years as a teacher and school superintendent in Arlington , Vermont, he attended Albany Law School and studied law. He graduated in 1882 and then worked in partnership with James K. Batchelder, his instructor at Albany Law School, for six years. He then worked alone for eight years. In 1896 he became a partner of Charles Hial Darling .

After Darling was named Assistant Secretary of the Navy in 1901 , Barber ran the firm mostly alone. There were offices in Arlington and Bennington and the firm was known for its book collection.

As a member of the Republican Party , Barber was District Attorney in Bennington County from 1886 to 1887 . In 1892 he became a member of the Vermont House of Representatives and the committee that revised the Vermont statutes. Two years later, in 1894, he became a member of the Vermont Senate and chairman of the committee that published the statutes. In the same year he was appointed Railway Commissioner for two years by Governor Urban A. Woodbury and confirmed by the Vermont Senate. He was elected State Auditor in 1898 and held that office until 1902.

In the Republican Party, Barber was an active member. In 1896 he was a delegate of the National Convention, at which William McKinley, who was later murdered in office, was nominated for the presidency . Barber was chairman of the committee on taxes from 1906 to 1908, chairman of the committee for the publication of the Digest Vermont Report in 1909, and was appointed judge on the US Court of Customs Appeals in 1910 .

He was a member of the Freemasons , belonged to the Commandery and Mystic Shrine and the Order of Elks .

Barber married Alice Mabel Norton (1868-1952) on June 30, 1898. The couple had three children, twin daughters Lucia Pierce Barber and Mab Norton Barber and son Norton Barber. He died on March 28, 1930 in Bennington, Vermont. His grave is in Park Lawn Cemetery in Bennington.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h Encyclopedia of Vermont Biography: A Series of Authentic Biographical Sketches of the Representative Men of Vermont and Sons of Vermont in Other States Dodge. Burlington, Ullery (1912), 109
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont compiled by Hiram Carlton, issues I. Pages 391 to 392
  3. ↑ Political Graveyard to Orion Metcalf Barber
personal data
SURNAME Barber, Orion Metcalf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American judge and politician who was a Vermont State Auditor (1898-1902)
DATE OF BIRTH July 13, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH Jamaica , Vermont
DATE OF DEATH March 28, 1930
Place of death Bennington , Vermont