Noyes Barber

Anti-Jacksonian Representative of Connecticut

Congresses Served

House Terms

April 28, 1781 (62 years old)

Birthday

January 3, 1844

Death

Served seven terms as a United States representative from 1821 to 1835
Born and died in Groton, Connecticut
Attended common schools and engaged in mercantile pursuits before entering politics
Served as a major in the Eighth Connecticut Regiment during the War of 1812, defending coastal towns from the British Fleet
Married twice, first to Catherine Burdick with whom he had two children, and after her death, to Mary Chester Smith, with whom he also had two children
Member of the Connecticut State House of Representatives in 1818
Elected to Congress as a Democratic-Republican, Adams-Clay Republican, Adams candidate, and Anti-Jacksonian across his terms
Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1834
Resumed mercantile pursuits after leaving Congress and was a member of all Whig conventions from 1836
Interred at Starr Cemetery, Groton, Connecticut
Uncle to Edwin Barber Morgan and Christopher Morgan, both of whom also served as Representatives in the United States Congress