Jacob A. Garber
Member of theVirginia Senate from the24th district
In office 1944–1947
Preceded by	Aubrey G. Weaver
Succeeded by	Raymond R. Guest
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromVirginia's7th district
In office March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931
Preceded by	Thomas W. Harrison
Succeeded by	John W. Fishburne
Member of theVirginia House of Delegates forRockingham andHarrisonburg
In office January 14, 1920 – January 10, 1922 Serving with William Ruebush
Preceded by	Charles H. Rolston
Succeeded by	George B. Keezell
Personal details
Born	Jacob Aaron Garber (1879-01-25)January 25, 1879 Harrisonburg, Virginia, U.S.
Died	December 2, 1953(1953-12-02) (aged 74) Harrisonburg, Virginia, U.S.
Party	Republican
Alma mater	Emerson College

Jacob Aaron Garber (January 25, 1879 – December 2, 1953) was a teacher and businessman who served in both houses of theVirginia General Assembly as well as in theUnited States House of Representatives as aRepublican.^[1]

Jacob A. Garber was born nearHarrisonburg, Virginia. He attended the public schools of Rockingham County, andBridgewater College. He then moved toPrince William County, Virginia, and became Principal of Brentsville Academy in 1904 and 1905. He then moved toBoston, Massachusetts, and graduated fromEmerson College in, in 1907

Garber taught in Well's Memorial Institute in Boston in 1906 and 1907, then became the Secretary ofEmerson College in 1907 and 1908. He returned toTimberville, Virginia, in 1908 and was employed as a bank cashier until 1924.

Rockingham County voters elected Garber and William Ruebush as their (part-time) representatives in theVirginia House of Delegates in 1920, the pair defeating two other men that year, but losing their re-election bid to others in 1922.^[2] In 1924, Garber was elected treasurer of Rockingham County, and served from 1924 to 1929. He was member of and was interested in various orchard and canning organizations.

In 1928, voters elected Garber as aRepublican to theSeventy-first Congress. He defeated veteran DemocratThomas W. Harrison, but lost his re-election bid in 1930 toJohn W. Fishburne.

After Congress, Garber served as chief of the field and processing-tax divisions at the Internal Revenue Office inRichmond, Virginia from 1931 to 1935. He was a delegate to theRepublican National Convention in 1932, but lost another attempt to return to Congress in 1940.

WhenAubrey G. Weaver died, Garber won a special election and served in theVirginia State Senate from 1945 to 1947.^[3] He later resumed operation of commercial orchards, and died inHarrisonburg, Virginia on December 2, 1953. He was interred in Church of the Brethren Cemetery inTimberville, Virginia.

• 1928; Garber was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 50.37% of the vote, defeating Democrat Thomas W. Harrison and Independents Dabney C. Harrison and H.B. McCormac.
• 1930; Garber lost his re-election bid.

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