David Barton (December 14, 1783 – September 28, 1837) was one of the first U.S. senators from Missouri, serving from 1821 to 1831.

[1] Barton was born near Greeneville, Tennessee, then part of North Carolina.

Later stints with the rangers helped to make Barton popular in the region.

[2] He became a major political presence in early Missouri, serving as attorney general, president of the state's constitutional convention, speaker of the Missouri territorial House of Representatives, and as one of its first pair of U.S. senators.

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