Orion Metcalf Barber

Orion Metcalf Barber (July 13, 1857 – March 28, 1930), frequently known as O. M. Barber, was a Vermont state politician and an associate judge of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals. Education and career Born on July 13, 1857, in Jamaica, Vermont, Barber received a Bachelor of Laws in 1882 from Albany Law School and entered private practice in Bennington, Vermont. For many years, Barber's law partner was Charles Hial Darling. Among the prospective attorneys who studied with Barber and Darling was Robert E. Healy, later an associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court and a member of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. A member of the Republican Party, Barber was state's attorney for Bennington County, Vermont from 1886 to 1887. He was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1892 to 1894. He was a member of the Vermont Senate from 1894 to 1896. From 1894 to 1896, Barber served as a member of the state railroad commission. He was the Vermont Auditor of Accounts from 1898 to 1902. He was Chairman of the Vermont Special Tax Commission from 1906 to 1908. In 1909, he was Chairman of the Special Commission to Prepare and Publish the Digest of Reports of the Vermont Supreme Court. Federal judicial service