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Dr. Amos W. Barber ( 1861-04-26 – 1915-05-19 ) was an American Surgeon and Politician . He was one of the first Governors Of Wyoming after that state joined the Union in 1890 . Amos Barber was born in Doylestown , Bucks County , in Pennsylvania , to Alfred H. Barber and Asenath Walker. He studied Literature and Medicine at the University Of Pennsylvania , then worked as a staff physician at the Pennsylvania Hospital after graduating. In 1885 , Barber moved to Wyoming to take up a position as surgeon in charge of the military hospital at Fort Fetterman . After resigning from the United States Military , Barber began private practice in Cheynne . In 1890, Barber was elected Secretary Of State for Wyoming as a Republican . Just eleven months later, however, Governor Francis E. Warren resigned to take up a United States Senate seat, and Barber was catapulted to the position of Acting Governor. He served as Governor from 1890-11-24 until John E. Osborne was elected in 1893-01-02 . Barber continued on as Secretary of State under Osborn, his term running out in 1895 . Barber rejoined the military in 1898 , acting as assistant surgeon for the Spanish American War . He died in Rochester , Minnesota in 1915 , and was survived by his wife, Amelia Kent, whom he had married in 1892 . Barber was buried in Cheyenne. REFERENCES
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