Barker was a delegate to the 1860 Republican National Convention . He cast his vote for the nomination of Abraham Lincoln at the convention . During the American Civil War , he served in Company E , Fourth Regiment , Pennsylvania Emergency Troops . Barker was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth Congress . He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1866 and for election as a Republican in 1872 . After leaving congress , Barker left the Republican Party to join to the Prohibition Party in 1876 . From 1878 to 1882 , Barker served as the president of the Pennsylvania Prohibition Party . He reengaged in the lumber and shook business until 1880 . Barker was also highly involved in Freemasonry . In 1896 Barker was nominated to run for congress by the Prohibition Party . This was his final political race , and he lost . He died in Altoona , Pennsylvania , while on a visit for medical treatment in 1898
1860 Republican National Convention
1860 Republican National Convention
Abraham Andrews Barker