James A. Barker

James A. Barker (1857–1943)^[1] was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate.

Biography

Barker was born in Troy, New York in 1857.^[1][2] 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.^[1]

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.