Noyes Barber
Noyes Barber | |
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United States Representative for Connecticut's at-large congressional district | |
In office March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1835 | |
Preceded by | Elisha Phelps |
Succeeded by | Isaac Toucey |
Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives | |
In office 1818 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Groton | April 28, 1781
Died | January 3, 1844 Groton | (aged 62)
Resting place | Starr Cemetery, Groton |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Catherine Burdick Barber |
Children | Adeliade Barber Bestsey Ann Barber Copp John Starr Barber. |
Occupation | merchant lawyer politician |
Military service | |
Allegiance | ![]() ![]() |
Unit | 8th Connecticut Regiment |
Battles/wars | War of 1812 |
Noyes Barber (April 28, 1781 – January 3, 1844) was an American military veteran and politician who served seven terms as a United States representative from Connecticut from 1821 to 1835.
Biography
[edit]Barber was born in Groton, Connecticut son of John and Elizabeth (Denison) Barber. He attended the common schools[1] and engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was a major of the Eighth Connecticut Regiment in the War of 1812 where he was detailed to defend the coast towns during the blockade by the British Fleet.[2] He married Catherine Burdick in 1801 and they had two children, Adeliade Barber & Betsey Ann Barber Copp. Catherine died in 1813 and he married Mary Chester Smith in 1814 and they had two children, Mary Elizabeth Barber Whitman and John Starr Barber.
Career
[edit]Barber was a member of the Connecticut State House of Representatives in 1818.
Congress
[edit]He was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Seventeenth Congress, an Adams-Clay Republican to the Eighteenth, an Adams candidate to the Nineteenth and Twentieth, and an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-first through the Twenty-third Congresses, serving from March 4, 1821 to March 3, 1835.[3] He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1834 to the Twenty-fourth Congress.
After Congress
[edit]He resumed mercantile pursuits and was also a member of all Whig conventions from 1836.
Death
[edit]Barber died in Groton on January 3, 1844 (age 62 years, 250 days). He is interred at Starr Cemetery, Groton, Connecticut.[4] He was the uncle of both Edwin Barber Morgan and Christopher Morgan. Both of these men served as Representatives in the United States Congress.
References
[edit]- ^ "Noyes Barber". Litchfield Historical Society. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
- ^ "Noyes Barber". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
- ^ "Noyes Barber". Govtrack US Congress. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
- ^ "Noyes Barber". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
External links
[edit]- United States Congress. "Noyes Barber (id: B000125)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Johnson, Rossiter, ed. (1906). "Barber, Noyes". The Biographical Dictionary of America. Vol. 1. Boston: American Biographical Society. p. 209.
- Noyes Barber at Find a Grave