James A. Barker (1857–1943) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate.
Biography
Barker was born in Troy, New York in 1857. 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.
References
- ^ obituary in the Antigo Daily Journal of 22 Sep 1943.
- BIOGRAPHICAL. Wisconsin Blue Book 1925. 1925. Retrieved 2013-10-21.