Preceded by Franklin D. Hale Succeeded by Horace F. Graham | Political party Republican Name Orion Barber | |
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Born July 13, 1857
Jamaica, Vermont ( 1857-07-13 ) Died March 28, 1930(1930-03-28) (aged 72)
Bennington, Vermont Resting place Park Lawn Cemetery, bennington Spouse(s) Alice Mabel "Mab" Norton Barber (1868-1952) | ||
Orion Metcalf Barber (July 13, 1857 – March 28, 1930) was a Vermont state politician and a judge of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.
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Early life
Barber was born in Jamaica, Vermont on July 13, 1857. He received an LL.B. from Albany Law School in 1882 and became an attorney in Bennington.
Start of career
A Republican, Barber was state's attorney for Bennington County from 1886 to 1887.
He served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1892 to 1894, and in the Vermont State Senate in 1894.
From 1894 to 1896 Barber served as a member of the state railroad commission.
Barber served as Vermont's State Auditor from 1898 to 1902.
From 1906 to 1908 Barber was chairman of Vermont's Special Tax Commission. In 1909 he was chairman of the Special Commission to Prepare and Publish the Digest of Reports of the Vermont Supreme Court.
Judicial career
Nominated by President William Howard Taft to the U.S. Court of Customs Appeals, Barber received his commission on March 30, 1910. He retired from active service on September 30, 1928.
Retirement and death
Barber continued in senior status until his death in Bennington, Vermont on March 28, 1930. He was buried in Bennington's Park Lawn Cemetery.
Family
On July 2, 1898 Barber married Alice Mabel "Mab" Norton (1868-1952) in Arlington, Vermont, and they were the parents of twin daughters. Lucia Pierce Barber (August 24, 1899 - September 30, 1984) was the wife of Clarence Edward Howard (April 16, 1881 - April 4, 1975). Mabel N. (August 24, 1899 – May 13, 1991) was the wife of United States Army officer Notley Young DuHamel (1895-1970).