David Wilber | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York | |
| In office March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 | |
| Preceded by | Clinton L. Merriam |
| Succeeded by | Henry H. Hathorn |
| Constituency | 20th district |
| In office March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 | |
| Preceded by | Solomon Bundy |
| Succeeded by | Ferris Jacobs Jr. |
| Constituency | 21st district |
| In office March 4, 1887 – April 1, 1890 | |
| Preceded by | John S. Pindar |
| Succeeded by | George Van Horn |
| Constituency | 24th district |
| 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.[1]
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.
David Wilber was married on January 1, 1845, to Margaret Belinda Jones. They had two sons, David F. Wilber and George I. Wilber.
David Wilber was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third Congress, where he served from March 4, 1873, to March 3, 1875. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1874, however, Wilber was elected to the Forty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1879 - March 3, 1881). Yet again, he was not a candidate for renomination in 1880. He served as a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1880 and 1888 while moving to Oneonta, New York in 1886. He then ran again and soon was elected as a Republican to the Fiftieth Congress. This time he was a candidate for renomination and was reelected to the Fifty-first Congress, but owing to ill health took the oath of office at his home and never attended a session. This caused him to only serve from March 4, 1887, up until his death.[2]
He died on April 1, 1890, in Oneonta, New York and was buried there in Glenwood Cemetery.
