Education
He studied law and was admitted to the New York Barometer
He studied law and was admitted to the New York Barometer
Born in Hebron, New York, Barber taught school and was a merchant. Barber was appointed New York county judge for Warren County, New New York In 1844, Barber moved to Wisconsin Territory and settled in Horicon, Wisconsin, where he had agriculture, manufacture, and railroad business interests.
Barber served in the second Wisconsin Constitutional Convention of 1847 and ran against Nelson Dewey for Governor of Wisconsin losing the election.
In 1849, Barber served in the Wisconsin State Assembly. He also ran for the United States House of Representatives in 1872 and lost the election.
Barber died in Horicon, Wisconsin.