David E. Barker (July 8, 1836 – December 1914) was a plantation owner and politician in Arkansas.[1] He served in the Arkansas Senate including as President of the Arkansas Senate.
He was born in Tennessee.[1] He lived in Monticello, Arkansas. He served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War and was wounded.[2] Thomas Whitington, who served in the Arkansas Senate, was one of his commanders during the Civil War.[1]
After the Civil War, he served in the state legislature from 1879–1881.[1] In 1885 he served in the Arkansas House of Representatives for Drew County, Arkansas. In 1887 he served as President of the Arkansas Senate.[2] He ran for governor.[3]
Cornelius Winn Barker was his younger brother. David Barker never married.[4] He was a member of the Freemasons, Odd Fellows, and belonged to a Missionary Baptist church.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Speer, William S.; Brown, John Henry (January 5, 1881). "The Encyclopedia of the New West: Containing Fully Authentical Information of the Agricultural, Mercantile, Commercial, Manufacturing, Mining and Grazing Industries, and Representing the Character, Development, Resources and Present Condition of Texas, Arkansas, Colorado, New Mexico and Indian Territory. Also, Biographical Sketches of Their Representative Men and Women". United States biographical publishing Company – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Hempstead, Fay (January 5, 1890). "A Pictorial History of Arkansas: From Earliest Times to the Year 1890". N. D. Thompson Publishing Company – via Google Books.
- ^ Hild, Matthew (November 1, 2018). Arkansas's Gilded Age: The Rise, Decline, and Legacy of Populism and Working-Class Protest. University of Missouri Press. ISBN 978-0-8262-7418-2 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Confederate Veteran". S.A. Cunningham. January 5, 1919 – via Google Books.
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