Abraham A. Barker
"(March 30, 1816 -- March 18, 1898) Abraham Andrews Barker was a farmer, businessman, merchant, engaged in the lumber business, soldier, public servant, and American politician. Barker was born in Lovell, Oxford County, Maine and moved to Carrolltown, Pennsylvania in 1854. Barker was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1860. He served in Company E, Fourth Regiment, Pennsylvania Emergency Troops, in the Civil War. He was elected as a Republican to the 39th Congress (March 4, 1865 - March 3, 1867) and was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1866 and 1872. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774- Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=B000142]"
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Pennsylvania Delegation - United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866
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