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Henry Ellsworth Barbour
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromCalifornia's 7th congressional district
In office March 4, 1919 - March 3, 1933
Preceded by	Denver S. Church
Succeeded by	Ralph R. Eltse
Personal details
Born	March 8, 1877 Ogdensburg, New York
Died	March 21, 1945 (aged 68) Fresno, California
Alma mater	Union College (B.D.);George Washington University (J.D.)

Henry Ellsworth Barbour (March 8, 1877 – March 21, 1945) was an American lawyer and politician who served six terms as aU.S. Representative fromCalifornia from 1919 to 1933.

Born inOgdensburg,St. Lawrence County, New York, Barbour attended the public schools of his native city, the local "Free Academy" at Ogdensburg,Union College atSchenectady, New York, and the law department ofGeorge Washington University,Washington, D.C.He was admitted to the New York bar in 1901 and moved toFresno, California, in 1902 to engage in the practice of law.^[1]

Barbour was elected as aRepublican to theSixty-sixth and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1933).^[1] He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to theSeventy-third Congress.He resumed the practice of his profession inFresno, California, where he died on March 21, 1945.He was interred inBelmont Memorial Park.

In the 1932 Republican primary for California's 7th Congressional District, Henry Barbour tied for the Republican nomination with Glenn M. Devore of Fresno, and won the nomination in an unprecedented drawing. Barbour later went on to lose the general election.^[2]

In 2018, an Arizona man discovered a collection of 200 letters that had belonged to Barbour, including two letters signed byPresident Hoover, White House invitations fromPresident Harding, and an invitation to the groundbreaking ceremonies for theGolden Gate Bridge.^[3]

• United States Congress."Henry E. Barbour (id: B000126)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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