Samuel Fleming Barr | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's14th district | |
| In office March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1885 | |
| Preceded by | John W. Killinger |
| Succeeded by | Franklin Bound |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1829-06-15)June 15, 1829 |
| Died | May 29, 1919(1919-05-29) (aged 89) |
| Political party | Republican |
Samuel Fleming Barr (June 15, 1829 – May 29, 1919) was aRepublican member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania.
Samuel F. Barr was born nearColeraine,County Londonderry,Ireland. He immigrated to the United States in 1831 with his parents, who settled inHarrisburg, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools, and worked as a freight agent of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad in 1855 and 1856. Early in theUnited States Civil War was employed upon government railways in and aboutWashington, D.C. He worked as editor of theHarrisburg Telegraph from 1873 to 1878.
Barr was elected as a Republican to theForty-seventh andForty-eighth Congresses. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1884. He retired, spending winters inSan Diego, California, and summers inSeal Harbor, Maine. He died in San Diego in 1919. Interment in Odd Fellows Cemetery.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 14th congressional district 1881–1885 | Succeeded by |