Samuel Stebbins Barney

Republican Representative of Wisconsin's 5th district

Congresses Served

House Terms

January 31, 1846 (73 years old)

Birthday

December 31, 1919

Death

Served as a United States Congressman and a judge on the Court of Claims.
Educated in public schools and Lombard College; studied law under a local attorney.
Worked as a high school teacher and later as an editor for a local newspaper.
Held the position of Superintendent of Schools for Washington County.
Participated as a delegate at the Republican National Convention in 1884.
Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, serving four terms from 1895 to 1903.
Nominated to the Court of Claims by President Theodore Roosevelt and served from 1905 until retirement in 1919.
Passed away in 1919 and was interred in a cemetery in West Bend, Wisconsin.