Samuel Stebbins Barney (January 31, 1846 – December 31, 1919) was a United States representative from Wisconsin and a judge of the Court of Claims.
Education and career
Born on January 31, 1846, in Hartford in the Wisconsin Territory, Barney attended the public schools, Lombard College in Galesburg, Illinois, then read law with Leander F. Frisby in West Bend, Wisconsin in 1873. He was a high school teacher in Hartford from 1869 to 1872. He was editor of the Washington County Republican from 1872 to 1873. He was admitted to the bar and entered private practice in West Bend from 1873 to 1906. He was the Superintendent of Schools for Washington County from 1876 to 1880. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago, Illinois in 1884.
Congressional service
