Samuel June Barrows (May 26, 1845 – April 21, 1909) was an American Republican politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Boston, Massachusetts.

He tried to enlist in the United States Navy during the American Civil War but was rejected because of poor health.

[4] Barrows promoted legislation that would remove Native Americans from reservations, believing that cultural assimilation would lead to equality.

After a failed nomination for Librarian of Congress,[5] Barrows served as the Corresponding Secretary of the New York Prison Association from 1899 to 1909.

In this role, he successfully advocated for juvenile courts, parole, probation, indeterminate sentences, and improved prison conditions.

Barrows had a wide array range of interests and talents including musical composition and singing oratorios, studying the Greeks (he wrote The Isles and Shires of Greece), metal crafting, writing poetry, camping (he and his wife Isabella wrote one of the first books on the subject, The Shaybacks in Camp: Ten Summers under Canvas), travel, and foreign languages.