Henry Ellsworth Barbour was a U.S. Representative

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 from California

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Born in Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, New York, Barbour attended the public schools of his native city, the local "Free Academy" at Ogdensburg, Union College at Schenectady, New York

Schenectady, New York

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, and the law department of George Washington University

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, Washington, D.C.

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He was admitted to the New York bar in 1901.
He moved to Fresno, California

Fresno, California

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, in 1902 and engaged in the practice of law.

Barbour was elected as a Republican

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 to the Sixty-sixth

66th United States Congress

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 and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1919-March 3, 1933).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy-third

73rd United States Congress

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He resumed the practice of his profession in Fresno, California

Fresno, California

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, where he died on March 21, 1945.
He was interred in Belmont Memorial Park

Belmont Memorial Park

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