Barbour, John S
lawyer, congressman, United States senator, was born Dec. 29, 1820, in Culpeper county, Va.
He began the practice of law in his native county of Culpeper; was elected to the legislature of Virginia from Culpeper county in 1847, and was re-elected, serving four consecutive sessions. He was elected president of the railroad company then called the Orange and Alexandria Railroad company in 1852, and served in that position until it was merged into what is now known as the Virginia Midland Railroad company, of which he was president till he resigned, in 1883. He was elected to the forty-seventh, forty-eighth, and forty-ninth congresses, and was elected to the United States senate, serving during 1889-95.