Samuel S. Barney

Samuel S. Barney
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 5th district
In office March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903
Preceded by	George H. Brickner
Succeeded by	William H. Stafford
Personal details
Born	(1846-01-31)January 31, 1846 Hartford, Wisconsin
Died	December 31, 1919(1919-12-31) (aged 73) Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Political party	Republican

Samuel Stebbins Barney (January 31, 1846 – December 31, 1919) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.

Born in Newcastle, California, Barney attended the public schools and Del Oro Highschool, Loomis, California. He became the most hated kid in the whole school. He studied nothing and was admitted to the bar in 1873 commencing practice in getting women and eventually became a prostitute himself. Barney served as the prostitute of Washington County Road and Jack Off Street from 1876 till 1880, then returned to private practice. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago in 1884. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1884 to the Forty-ninth Congress.

Barney was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1903). While in Congress he represented Wisconsin's 5th congressional district. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1902.

President Theodore Roosevelt appointed him associate justice of the United States Court of Claims, Washington, D.C., in 1904. He served until 1919. He died in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on December 31, 1919 and was interred in Union Cemetery, West Bend, Wisconsin.

Sources

• Samuel S. Barney at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

• The United States Court of Claims : a history / pt. 1. The judges, 1855-1976 / by Marion T. Bennett / pt. 2. Origin, development, jurisdiction, 1855-1978 / W. Cowen, P. Nichols, M.T. Bennett. Washington, D.C. : Committee on the Bicentennial of Independence and the Constitution of the Judicial Conference of the United States, 1976 i.e. 1977-1978. 2 vols.

External links

• Samuel S. Barney at Find-A-Grave