Isaac Ambrose Barber (January 26, 1852 – March 1, 1909) was a
U.S. Representative
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from
Maryland
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, serving from 1897 to 1899.
Biography
Born near
Salem, New Jersey
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Hahnemann Medical College
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of
Philadelphia
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, from which he was graduated in 1872. He commenced practice in
Woodstown, New Jersey
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, and later moved to
Easton, Maryland
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in 1873 and continued the practice of medicine for fifteen years. He also engaged in the milling business.
He married Nellie V. Collison in 1878, and they had four children.
Barber served as a member of the
Maryland House of Delegates
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in 1895, and later as president of the Farmers & Merchants' National Bank of Easton. He was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fifth Congress from
Maryland's 1st congressional district
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, serving one term from March 4, 1897, to March 3, 1899.
After Congress, he resumed the milling business and also engaged in agricultural pursuits. He also served as chairman of the Republican State central committee from 1900 to 1904. Barber died at his home in Easton on March 1, 1909, and is interred in Spring Hill Cemetery.