Orion Metcalf Barber

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Orion Metcalf Barber (1857-1930) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Customs Appeals, which became the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals during the time of his service thereon.

Federal judicial service

Barber was nominated to the Court of Customs Appeals by President William Howard Taft. He received his commission on March 30, 1910. He assumed senior status on September 30, 1928, and served in that capacity until his death on March 28, 1930.^[1]

Education

Albany Law School, LL.B., 1882

Professional career

State’s attorney, Bennington County, Vermont, 1886-1887
Member, Vermont House of Representatives, 1892-1894
Member, Vermont State Senate, 1894
State railroad commissioner, 1894-1896
State auditor, 1898-1902
Chairman, Special Tax Commission, 1906-1908
Chairman, Special Commission to Prepare and Publish Digest of Vermont Reports, 1909