Lucien Barbour (March 4, 1811 – July 19, 1880) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from

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from 1855 to 1857.

Biography

Born in

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, Barbour was graduated from

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in 1837. He moved to Indiana the same year and settled in Madison, Jefferson County. He studied law. He was

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and commenced practice in

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, in 1839. Barbour acted a number of times as arbitrator between the State of Indiana and private corporations. He was appointed United States district attorney for the district of Indiana by President

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. He served as member of the commission to codify the laws of Indiana in 1852.

Congress

Barbour was elected as an Indiana People's Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1856.

Later career and death

He was affiliated with the

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in 1860. Barbour practiced law in

, until his death in that city on July 19, 1880. He was interred in

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References

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