Samuel J. Barrows

Samuel J. Barrows

Samuel June Barrows (born May 26, 1845 in New York City , †  April 21, 1909 ) was an American politician . Between 1897 and 1899 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Samuel Barrows attended the public schools of his home country and then until 1871 the Harvard Divinity School . During this time he worked in Boston as a journalist for the New York Tribune newspaper. In 1873 and 1874 he took part in two Indian campaigns. He served in 1874 under General George Armstrong Custer . From 1876 to 1881 Barrows was pastor in Dorchester , a suburb of Boston. He then published the Christian Register newspaper for 16 years . In 1895, 1900 and 1905 he was the American representative at an international prison conference; In 1910 he led this event. Politically, he became a member of the Republican Party .

In the 1896 congressional election , Barrows was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the tenth constituency of Massachusetts , where he succeeded Harrison Henry Atwood on March 4, 1897 . Since he was not confirmed in 1898, he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1899 . This was shaped by the events of the Spanish-American War . Between 1899 and 1909, Samuel Barrows was secretary of the New York Prison Association . He died in New York on April 21, 1909.

Web links

• Samuel J. Barrows in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Samuel J. Barrows in the database of Find a Grave (English)