Jacob A. Garber

Jacob Aaron Garber
Member of the Virginia Senate from Page, Rappahannock, Rockingham, Warren Counties and the City of Harrisonburg
In office 1944–1947
Preceded by	Aubrey Weaver
Succeeded by	Raymond R. Guest
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 7th district
In office March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931
Preceded by	Thomas W. Harrison
Succeeded by	John W. Fishburne
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Rockingham County and the City of Harrisonburg
In office 1920–1921 Alongside William Ruebush
Personal details
Born	January 25, 1879
Died	December 2, 1953 (aged 74) Harrisonburg, Virginia
Nationality	American
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Emerson College

Jacob Aaron Garber (January 25, 1879 – December 2, 1953) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.

Biography

Jacob A. Garber was born near Harrisonburg, Virginia. He attended the public schools of Rockingham County, and Bridgewater College. Principal of Brentsville Academy in 1904 and 1905. He graduated from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1907, and taught in Well's Memorial Institute in Boston in 1906 and 1907. Garber was the Secretary of Emerson College in 1907 and 1908. He then moved to Timberville, Virginia, in 1908 and was employed as a bank cashier until 1924. Garber then served as treasurer of Rockingham County from 1924 to 1929. He served as member of the State house of delegates from 1920 to 1922, and was interested in various orchard and canning organizations.

Garber was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-first Congress in 1928, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1930 to the Seventy-second Congress.

After Congress, he served as chief of the field and processing-tax divisions at the Internal Revenue Office in Richmond, Virginia from 1931 to 1935. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1932, and was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1940 to the Seventy-seventh Congress.

Garber served in the Virginia State Senate from 1945 to 1947. He later resumed operation of commercial orchards, and died in Harrisonburg, Virginia on December 2, 1953. He was interred in Church of the Brethren Cemetery in Timberville, Virginia.

Elections

• 1928; Garber was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives with 50.37% of the vote, defeating Democrat Thomas W. Harrison and Independents Dabney C. Harrison and H.B. McCormac.
• 1930; Garber lost his re-election bid.

Sources

• Jacob A. Garber at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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