James Joseph Barbour (December 28, 1869 – March 29, 1946) was an American politician and lawyer. he worked against the

Death penalty Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the state-sanctioned practice of deliberately killing a person as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime, usually following an authorized, rule-governed process to conclude that t ...

Biography

Barbour was born in

Hartford, Connecticut Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It was the seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960. It is the core city in the Greater Hartford metropolitan area. Census estimates since the ...

. He worked in the newspaper business and was involved in public speaking in

Camden, New Jersey Camden is a city in and the county seat of Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Camden is part of the Delaware Valley metropolitan area and is located directly across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the 2020 ...

. He studied law in a law office in Chicago, Illinois and at Lake Forest University. Barbour was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1891. He practiced law in Evanston, Illinois. Barbour served in the

Illinois Senate The Illinois Senate is the Upper house, upper chamber of the Illinois General Assembly, the legislative branch of the government of the U.S. state, State of Illinois in the United States. The body was created by the first state constitution adop ...

from 1917 to 1937 and was a Republican. Barbour then served in the

Illinois House of Representatives The Illinois House of Representatives is the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly. The body was created by the first Illinois Constitution adopted in 1818. The House under the current constitution as amended in 1980 consists of 118 re ...

from 1941 to 1943. Barbour died from heart disease in Evanston, Illinois.

References

1869 births 1946 deaths Politicians from Hartford, Connecticut Politicians from Evanston, Illinois Lawyers from Evanston, Illinois Lake Forest College alumni Republican Party Illinois state senators Republican Party members of the Illinois House of Representatives {{Illinois-Ilrepresentative-stub