The Biographical Dictionary of America/Barney, Samuel S.

​BARNEY, Samuel S., representative, was born in Hartford, Wis., Jan. 31, 1846; son of John and Adaline (Knox) Barney; and grandson of William and Mercy (Crapeau) Barney, and of Sylvanus and Ruth (Adams) Knox. He was educated in the public schools of Hartford, attended Lombard university, Galesburg, Ill., but did not graduate, and taught in the high school in Hartford, 1867-'70. He studied law with L.F. Frisby, attorney-general of Wisconsin, in 1870; was admitted to the bar in 1873, and practised at West Bend, Wis. He was superintendent of schools of Washington county, 1876-'80; Republican candidate for representative in the 49th congress against General Bragg in 1884; delegate to the Republican national convention at Chicago in 1884; and a representative from the fifth district of Wisconsin in the 54th, 55th, 56th and 57th congresses, 1895-1903. He was married in 1876 to Ellen McHenry of West Bend.

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