James A. Barker

{{Short description|American politician}}

James A. Barker (1857–1943)obituary in the Antigo Daily Journal of 22 Sep 1943. was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate.

Biography

Barker was born in Troy, New York in 1857.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-FPlAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA653|title=BIOGRAPHICAL|date=1925 |publisher=Wisconsin Blue Book 1925|accessdate=2013-10-21}} In 1883 in New York, he married Isabelle C. Webber (1861–1947), with whom he had a son and daughter. In 1910, the family moved to Antigo, Wisconsin. He died as a result of injuries sustained in a car accident on September 22, 1943, in Antigo.

Career

Barker was a member of the Assembly from 1923 to 1924 for Langlade County and of the Senate from 1925 to 1932. He was a Republican.

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