J. Allen Barber

{{short description|19th century American politician.}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = J. Allen Barber

| image = J. Allen Barber (Wisconsin Congressman).jpg

| alt =

|state = Wisconsin

|district = {{ushr|Wisconsin|3|3rd}}

| term_start = March 4, 1871

| term_end = March 3, 1875

| predecessor = Amasa Cobb

| successor = Henry S. Magoon

|order1 = 15th

|title1 = Speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly

| term_start1 = January 14, 1863

| term_end1 = January 13, 1864

| predecessor1 = Joseph W. Beardsley

| successor1 = William W. Field

|state_senate2 = Wisconsin

|district2 = 16th

| term_start2 = January 1, 1856

| term_end2 = January 1, 1858

| predecessor2 = Nelson Dewey

| successor2 = Noah H. Virgin

|office3 = Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly

|constituency3 = Grant 3rd district

| term_start3 = January 1, 1863

| term_end3 = January 1, 1865

| predecessor3 = Joseph Trotter Mills

| successor3 = Henry Utt

|constituency4 = Grant 5th district

| term_start4 = January 1, 1853

| term_end4 = January 1, 1854

| predecessor4 = Position Established

| successor4 = Milas K. Young

|constituency5 = Grant 4th district

| term_start5 = January 1, 1852

| term_end5 = January 1, 1853

| predecessor5 = Robert M. Briggs

| successor5 = Jeremiah E. Dodge

|office6 = District Attorney of Grant County

| term_start6 = January 1, 1853

| term_end6 = January 1, 1855

| predecessor6 = William Hull

| successor6 = James M. Goodhue

| term_start7 = January 1, 1846

| term_end7 = January 1, 1849

| predecessor7 = James M. Goodhue

| successor7 = William Biddlecome

| term_start8 = January 1, 1840

| term_end8 = January 1, 1844

| predecessor8 = F. J. Munger

| successor8 = Willis H. Chapman

|office9 = President of the Lancaster Village Board

| term_start9 = April 1875

| term_end9 = May 1878

| predecessor9 = Addison Burr

| successor9 = Position abolished

| term_start10 = April 1860

| term_end10 = April 1863

| predecessor10 = John Chandler Holloway

| successor10 =

| term_start11 = April 1856

| term_end11 = April 1857

| predecessor11 = Position established

| successor11 = J. H. Hyde

|birth_date = {{birth date|1809|1|17}}

|birth_place = Georgia, Vermont

|death_date = {{death date and age|1881|6|28|1809|1|17}}

|death_place = Lancaster, Wisconsin

|restingplace = Hillside Cemetery
Lancaster, Wisconsin

|party = {{unbulleted list

| Republican

| Union (1864)

| Whig (before 1855)

}}

| spouse =

| children = 2 sons, 2 daughters

| father = Joel Barber

| mother = Aseneth Melvin Barber

}}

Joel Allen Barber (January 17, 1809 – June 28, 1881) was an American lawyer and politician. He served two terms in the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district, he was the 15th Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly, and he served one term in the Wisconsin State Senate.[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wigrant/Barber_JAllen.htm J. Allen Barber]{{cite book|url= https://archive.org/details/cu31924028871494 |title= History of Grant County, Wisconsin| publisher= Western Historical Company |editor-last= Butterfield |editor-first= C. W. |year= 1881 |pages= [https://archive.org/details/cu31924028871494/page/n868 875]-876 |accessdate= October 20, 2019}}{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=z3_h7PEBMbkC |title= History of Grant County, Wisconsin| publisher =The Teller Print |editor-last= Holford |editor-first= Costello N. |year=1900 |pages= 111–113 |accessdate= October 20, 2019}}