Joseph Barker

Democratic Republican Representative of Massachusetts's 7th district

  • Representative

    Massachusetts, district 7

    October 26, 1807 - March 3, 1809

2

Congresses Served

2

House Terms

October 19, 1751 (63 years old)

Birthday

July 5, 1815

Death

  • Served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Massachusetts’s 7th congressional district from March 1805 to March 1809.
  • Elected as a Democratic-Republican and participated in the Ninth and Tenth Congresses.
  • Prior to his congressional service, he was a Congregationalist minister, ordained in 1781.
  • Held the position of pastor at the First Congregational Church in Middleboro, Massachusetts.
  • After his congressional term, he served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1812 and 1813.
  • Continued his ministry until his death at the age of 63.