| LC control no. | no 99047144 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Barber, Amos W. (Amos Walker), 1861-1915 |
| See also | Chief executive of: Wyoming. Governor (1890-1893 : Barber) |
| Other standard no. | 2101403 Q381571 13125512 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Cheyenne (Wyo.) Wyoming |
| Birth date | 1861-04-26 1860-07-25 |
| Death date | 1915-05-19 1915-05-18 |
| Place of birth | Doylestown (Pa.) |
| Place of death | Rochester (Minn.) |
| Field of activity | Wyoming--Politics and government |
| Profession or occupation | Governors Politicians Surgeons Physicians |
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| Found in | Wyoming blue book, 1974: v. 2, p. 129 (Amos W. Barber, b. Doylestown, Penn., Apr. 26, 1861; acting governor from Nov. 14, 1890 until Jan. 2, 1893; d. Rochester, Minn., May 19, 1915) Nat. cycl. of Am. bio., 1909: p. 482 (Barber, Amos Walker) Wikipedia, April 14, 2020 (Amos W. Barber; Amos Walker Barber (July 25, 1860 - May 18, 1915) was an American surgeon and politician. He was the second Governor of Wyoming after that state joined the Union in 1890; born in Doylestown, Bucks County, in Pennsylvania; according to his grave stone his year of birth was 1860, not 1861 as given in some sources; died Rochester, Minnesota; studied literature and medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. After graduating in 1883, Barber worked as a staff physician at the Pennsylvania Hospital, until he moved to Wyoming; in 1885, Barber moved to Wyoming to take up a position as surgeon in charge of the military hospital at Fort Fetterman. He was promoted to Acting Surgeon in the United States Army and accompanied General George Crook's expedition to Arizona, then was assigned to duty at Fort D. A. Russell. After resigning from the United States military, he was in charge of the hospital of the Wyoming Stock Association. In 1889, he began private practice in Cheyenne. In 1890, Barber was elected Secretary of State of Wyoming as a Republican. Just eleven months later, however, Governor Francis E. Warren resigned to take up a United States Senate seat, and Barber was catapulted to the position of Acting Governor on November 24, 1890. When John E. Osborne was elected on January 2, 1893, Barber continued on as Secretary of State under Osborne until his term ran out in 1895 and then returned to Cheyenne and his practice. Barber rejoined the military in 1898, acting as assistant surgeon for the Spanish-American War. He then returned to his practice of medicine in Cheyenne) WyoHistory.org, April 14, 2020 (Amos W. Barber was born in Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, April 26, 1861. Barber obtained an academic education from the literary and medical departments of the University of Pennsylvania. After graduating Dr. Barber worked as staff physician at the Pennsylvania Hospital from 1883 until he came to Wyoming in 1885 as surgeon in charge of the military hospital at Fort Fetterman. Promoted to acting surgeon in the United States Army, Barber accompanied General Crook's expedition to Arizona. Later he was assigned to duty at Fort D. A. Russell and after resigning from the service, opened up a medical practice in Cheyenne. After joining the Republican Party, Barber was elected Secretary of State in September 1890 and served until January of 1895. Secretary Barber's term was interrupted while he served as Acting Governor from November 24, 1890 until January 2, 1893. He was assistant surgeon in the United States Army during the Spanish American War in 1898 and returned to Cheyenne after that conflict. Amos W. Barber died May 19, 1915 and was buried in Cheyenne) <https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/amos-barber> Governors of Wyoming, via Wyoming State Archives website, April 14, 2020 (Amos W. Barber was born in Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, April 26, 1861. Barber obtained an academic education from the literary and medical departments of the University of Pennsylvania. After graduating Dr. Barber worked as staff physician at the Pennsylvania Hospital from 1883 until he came to Wyoming in 1885 as surgeon in charge of the military hospital at Fort Fetterman. Promoted to acting surgeon in the United States Army, Barber accompanied General Crook's expedition to Arizona. Later he was assigned to duty at Fort D. A. Russell and after resigning from the service, opened up a medical practice in Cheyenne. After joining the Republican Party, Barber was elected Secretary of State in September 1890 and served until January of 1895. Secretary Barber's term was interrupted while he served as Acting Governor from November 24, 1890 until January 2, 1893. He was assistant surgeon in the United States Army during the Spanish American War in 1898 and returned to Cheyenne after that conflict. Amos W. Barber died May 19, 1915 and was buried in Cheyenne) <https://wyoarchives.wyo.gov/index.php/governors-of-wyoming> |
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