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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsSamuel June BARROWS
(1845-1909)
BARROWS, Samuel June, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in New York City May 26,
1845; after attending primary school was graduated from the Harvard
Divinity School in the fall of 1871; while at Harvard University
was the Boston correspondent of the New York Tribune; went with the
Yellowstone Expedition of 1873, under the command of General
Stanley, and with the Black Hills Expedition in 1874, commanded by
General Custer; in 1873 took part in the Battles of Tongue River
and the Big Horn; pastor of the first parish, Dorchester (Boston),
Mass., from 1876-1881, when he resigned to become editor of the
Christian Register, which position he held for 16 years; American
representative to the International Prison Congress of 1895, 1900,
and 1905, at which he was elected to serve as president of the 1910
congress; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fifth Congress
(March 4, 1897-March 3, 1899); unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1898 to the Fifty-sixth Congress; secretary of the
New York Prison Association 1899-1909; died in New York City April
21, 1909; remains were cremated and the ashes placed in a private
burying ground near Georgeville, Quebec, Canada.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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