David Wilber

David Wilber
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 20th, 21st and 24th district
In office March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 (20th) March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 (21st) March 4, 1887 – April 1, 1890 (24th)
Preceded by	Clinton L. Merriam Solomon Bundy John S. Pindar
Succeeded by	Henry H. Hathorn Ferris Jacobs, Jr. George Van Horn
Personal details
Born	October 5, 1820 Quaker Street, Duanesburg, New York
Died	April 1, 1890 (aged 69) Oneonta, New York
Political party	Republican

David Wilber (October 5, 1820 – April 1, 1890) was a United States Representative from New York and father of congressman David F. Wilber (1859–1928).

Born near Quaker Street, a hamlet in Duanesburg, New York, he moved with his parents to Milford, Otsego County, N.Y.; attended the common schools; engaged in the lumbering trade, hop business, and agricultural pursuits; member of the board of supervisors of Otsego County in 1858, 1859, 1862, 1865, and 1866; director of the Albany and Susquehanna Railroad; director of the Second National Bank of Cooperstown, N.Y.; president of the Wilber National Bank of Oneonta 1874 - 1890; elected as a Republican to the Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1875); was not a candidate for renomination in 1874; elected to the Forty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1879 - March 3, 1881); was not a candidate for renomination in 1880; delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1880 and 1888; moved to Oneonta, N.Y., in 1886; again elected as a Republican to the Fiftieth Congress; reelected to the Fifty-first Congress, but owing to ill health took the oath of office at his home and never attended a session; served from March 4, 1887, until his death in Oneonta, Otsego County, N.Y. interment in Glenwood Cemetery.

External links

• Works by or about David Wilber at Internet Archive
• David Wilber at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• David Wilber at Find a Grave