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Frank Elliott Barber Jr. (June 8, 1912 – January 14, 1992) was a Vermont attorney and politician who served as Vermont Attorney General from 1953 to 1955.

Biography

F. Elliott Barber was born in Brattleboro, Vermont on June 8, 1912.Шаблон:Sfn He was the son of attorney F. Elliott Barber Sr., and the nephew of Herbert G. Barber, who also served as Vermont Attorney General.Шаблон:Sfn He graduated from Brattleboro High School in 1930, Norwich University in 1934, and Harvard Law School in 1937.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn He was admitted to the bar in 1937, and practiced with his father in the Brattleboro firm of Barber & Barber.Шаблон:Sfn

Barber became active in Republican politics; from 1941 to 1943, he served as Brattleboro’s town counsel.Шаблон:Sfn In 1944, he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention.Шаблон:Sfn During his career, he also held other local offices, including justice of the peace and town meeting moderator.Шаблон:Sfn

He joined the United States Army for World War II, and attained the rank of captain at Headquarters, Chinese Combat Command, a unit commanded by Robert B. McClure, which operated in the China Burma India Theater.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

In 1946 he won election to the Vermont State Senate, and he served from 1947 to 1949.Шаблон:Sfn In 1947, Barber was appointed judge of Brattleboro’s municipal court, and he served until 1949.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn In 1950, he won election to the Vermont House of Representatives, and he served one term, 1951 to 1953.Шаблон:Sfn

In 1952, Barber won the Republican nomination for Vermont Attorney General.Шаблон:Sfn He won the general election for the term starting in January 1953.Шаблон:Sfn Attorney General Clifton G. Parker resigned in December, and Governor Lee E. Emerson appointed Barber to fill the vacancy effective December 31.Шаблон:Sfn Barber served from December 31, 1952 to January 1955.Шаблон:Sfn As his deputy, Barber appointed Robert Stafford, who succeeded him as Attorney General.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

In 1954, Barber was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Vermont; the nomination was won by Consuelo N. Bailey, who defeated Barber and Harold J. Arthur, and went on to win the general election.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

In 1959, Stafford, now serving as governor, appointed Barber to the Vermont Liquor Control Board.Шаблон:Sfn He served until resigning in 1963.Шаблон:Sfn

Barber continued to practice law, and also became a lobbyist.Шаблон:Sfn He remained active in Republican politics; in 1970, he was the Windham County chairman of Senator Winston L. Prouty’s reelection campaign.Шаблон:Sfn In 1976 he was one of several former attorneys general who endorsed Republican candidate John M. Meaker for the position.Шаблон:Sfn (Meaker was defeated by Democratic incumbent M. Jerome Diamond.)Шаблон:Sfn

Barber died on June 14, 1992.Шаблон:Sfn He was buried at Morningside Cemetery in Brattleboro.Шаблон:Sfn

Family

In 1938, Barber married Jeanne Freund.Шаблон:Sfn They were the parents of two children, Susan and Frank III.Шаблон:Sfn They divorced in 1946,Шаблон:Sfn and in 1949, Barber married Harriet Frances Fairbrother of Newport, Vermont.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn She was known as Frances, and they were the parents of two children, Hugh and Allison.Шаблон:Sfn

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