Harvey C. Garber

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Harvey Cable Garber (July 6, 1866 - March 23, 1938) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born in Hill Grove, Ohio, Garber moved to Greenville, Ohio, with his parents in 1872. He attended the public schools. Manager of the Western Union Telegraph Co.. Superintendent of the Central Union Telephone Co. for Ohio, and served four years as assistant general solicitor. He served as member of the State house of representatives 1890-1893. He served as chairman of the Democratic State committee in 1901 and chairman of the Democratic State executive committee 1902-1908.

Garber was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1907). He was not a candidate for renomination. He moved to Columbus, Ohio, in 1910 and served as assistant to the president of the Bell Telephone Co. in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois 1910-1915. He also studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1921 and commenced practice in Columbus, Ohio. He died at his winter home in Naples, Florida, March 23, 1938. He was interred in Greenville Cemetery, Greenville, Ohio.

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• Harvey C. Garber at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress