Samuel Stebbins Barney (January 31, 1846 – December 31, 1919) was a United States representative from Wisconsin and a judge of the Court of Claims.
Born on January 31, 1846, in Hartford in the Wisconsin Territory,[1] Barney attended the public schools, Lombard College in Galesburg, Illinois, then read law with Leander F. Frisby in West Bend, Wisconsin in 1873.
[2] Barney was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1884 to the 49th United States Congress.
[2] He was elected as a Republican from Wisconsin's 5th congressional district to the United States House of Representatives of the 54th United States Congress and to the three succeeding Congresses, serving from March 4, 1895, to March 3, 1903.
[1] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 20, 1905, and received his commission the same day.