William Warren Barbour

William Warren Barbour (July 31, 1888 - November 22, 1943) was a US Senator (R) from New Jersey. Image File history File links Wwbarbour. ... Image File history File links Wwbarbour. ... July 31 is the 212th day (213th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 153 days remaining. ... 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... November 22 is the 326th day (327th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ... Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area  Ranked 47th  - Total 8,729 sq mi (22,608 km²)  - Width 70 miles (110 km)  - Length 150 miles (240 km)  - % water 14. ...

William Warren Barbour, the third of four brothers, was born in 1888 to Colonel William Barbour and his wife, Julia Adelaide Sprague, in Monmouth Beach, Monmouth County, New Jersey. His eldest brother, Thomas Barbour, a general naturalist and herpetologist, served as director of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard. His father, Colonel William Barbour, was founder and president of the Linen Thread Company, Inc., a thread manufacturing enterprise having much business on both sides of the Atlantic.^[1] Map of Monmouth Beach in Monmouth County Monmouth Beach is a Walsh Act Borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. ... Monmouth County is a county located in the state of New Jersey. ... Thomas Barbour (1884 - 1946) was an American herpetologist. ... -1... Herpetology is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of reptiles and amphibians including their classification, ecology, behavior, physiology, anatomy, and paleontology. ... The Museum of Comparative Zoology, part of the Harvard University Museum of Natural History complex, was founded by Louis Agassiz in 1859. ... Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ... The Atlantic Ocean is Earths second-largest ocean, covering approximately one_fifth of its surface. ...

William Warren Barbour attended the public schools, but ultimately graduated from the Browning School, New York City in 1906. He also entered Princeton University but left after about one semester to join The Linen Thread Company, of which his father was president. William Warren Barbour became president of the company in 1917 when his father, "The Colonel", died.^[2] Browning School was founded as a college preparatory school for boys in 1888 by John A. Browning. ... Nickname: Big Apple; City that never Sleeps; Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Manhattan Queens Brooklyn Staten Island Settled 1613 Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... Princeton University is a coeducational private university located in Princeton, New Jersey in the United States of America. ...

As a teenager, Barbour was threatened by tuberculosis, which he overcame by intensive exercise and participation in sports. These athletic pursuits included boxing, which eventually led to his becoming amateur heavyweight boxing champion of the United States and Canada in 1910, when he defeated Joseph Burke, and 1911.^[3] Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for Tubercle Bacillus) is a common and deadly infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which most commonly affects the lungs (pulmonary TB) but can also affect the central nervous system, lymphatic system, circulatory system, genitourinary system, bones and joints. ... Heavyweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. ... Professional boxing bout featuring Ricardo Domínguez (left) versus Rafael Ortíz Boxing, also called Western Boxing, pugilism, prizefighting (when referring to professional boxing) or the sweet science (a common nickname among fans), is a sport and martial art in which two participants of similar weight fight each other with...

Around this time, both Theodore Roosevelt and "Gentleman Jim" Corbett wanted him to take up the mantle of "the great white hope" and fight Jack Johnson, the reigning professional heavyweight champion.^[4] While the idea apparently appealed to Barbour and, apparently, his father, his mother was adamantly opposed and firmly quashed the plan. While Barbour never continued with a professional wrestling career, he did serve as timekeeper for the Jack Dempsey-Jess Willard fight in 1919.^[5] Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. ... James John Corbett, born September 1, 1866 in San Francisco, California, United States – died February 18, 1933 in Bayside, New York, was a heavyweight boxing champion. ... theatrical poster for The Great White Hope The Great White Hope, a Pulitzer Prize-winning and Tony Award-winning play written by Howard Sackler and first produced by Arena Stage in Washington, DC in 1967, was the basis for the 1970 film of the same name. ... The following persons have the name Jack Johnson: Jack Johnson (boxer), first African-American world heavyweight champion boxer Jack Johnson (musician), a Hawaiian surfer, blues musician, and documentary filmmaker Big Jack Johnson, a blues musician Turkey Creek Jack Johnson (gunfighter), a Wild-West gunfighter Jack B. Johnson, county executive for... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Jess Willard, born December 29, 1881 in St. ...

Militarily, he served as a member of the New York National Guard for ten years, being stationed on the Mexican border in 1916, and attaining the rank of captain. In 1921, he married Elysabeth Cochran Carrere, a union which gave rise to three children and ten grandchildren.^[6] Soon after his marriage, Barbour entered the political arena, serving as a member of the Rumson Borough Council in 1922 and as mayor of Rumson from 1923-1928. Seal of the National Guard Bureau Seal of the Army National Guard Seal of the Air National Guard Seal of the National Guard Missile Defense The United States National Guard is a component of the United States Army (the Army National Guard) and the United States Air Force (the Air... This article concerns the rank and title of Captain. ... Map of Rumson in Monmouth County Rumson is a Borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. ...

By 1930, the family took their house in Locust Point, Monmouth County, N.J., as their official residence, while also maintaining a home in New York City. Barbour continued his work in various industrial enterprises, primarily including the family thread manufacturing business, of which he was president. On December 1, 1931, New Jersey Governor Morgan F. Larson appointed Barbour, a Republican, to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy created by the death of Dwight W. Morrow. Locust Point is an unincorporated area and section of Middletown Township, located in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. ... Nickname: Big Apple; City that never Sleeps; Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Manhattan Queens Brooklyn Staten Island Settled 1613 Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... Morgan Foster Larson (1882-1961) was a Republican Governor of New Jersey. ... Seal of the U.S. Senate The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress, the other being the House of Representatives. ... Time Magazine, October 12, 1925 Dwight W. Morrow (January 11, 1873–October 5, 1931) was an American politician. ...

The appointment was confirmed the following year, when he was elected to the U.S. Senate on November 8, 1932, with 49% of the vote, in a year where more than half of the Republican incumbents running for the Senate were defeated.^{[citation needed]} He served in the Senate until January 3, 1937. Having completed the term that Morrow was to serve, Barbour was unsuccessful in his 1936 reelection bid, and he resumed his former pursuits, including service as a member of the New Jersey unemployment compensation commission in 1937. Barbour regained his Senate seat on November 8, 1938, when he was again appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of A. Harry Moore. Reelected in 1940, he served as U.S. Senator from New Jersey until he died of a heart attack in 1943 at age 55 at his home in Washington, D.C.^[7] November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 53 days remaining. ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 53 days remaining. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Moores photo from bioguide. ... Nickname: DC, The District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia. ...

While Barbour evidenced no personal history of an interest in Jewish affairs prior to rejoining the Senate in 1940, the plight of victims of Nazi genocide stirred him deeply. In April 1943, along with many other Congressmen, Barbour may have attended a performance of We Will Never Die, a pageant written by Ben Hecht and produced by the Bergson Group to commemorate two million European Jews who had already been murdered.^[8] Afterwards, Barbour was one of a small group of senators and congressmen who met with 400 rabbis who marched with the Bergson Group in Washington in 1943, shortly before Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement. It was hoped their march would encourage the United States government to take a formal stand against the Holocaust. While President Franklin D. Roosevelt avoided meeting the rabbis, Senator Barbour, along with a handful of colleagues, met them on the steps of the United States Capitol and expressed his commitment to their cause. This article describes some ethnic, historic, and cultural aspects of the Jewish identity; for a consideration of the Jewish religion, refer to the article Judaism. ... National Socialism redirects here. ... Look up Genocide in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A beauty contest, or beauty pageant, is a competition between people, based largely, though not always entirely, on the beauty of their physical appearance. ... Ben Hecht (February 28, 1894 – April 18, 1964) was a prolific Hollywood screenwriter, even though he professed disdain for the motion picture industry. ... Hillel Kook (1915-2001), also known as Peter Bergson, was a Revisionist Zionist activist, politician, and prominent member of the Irgun. ... For the town in Italy, see Rabbi, Italy Rabbi (Sephardic Hebrew רִבִּי ribbī; Ashkenazi Hebrew רֶבִּי rebbī or rebbə; and modern Israeli רַבִּי rabbī) in Judaism, means teacher, or more literally great one. The word Rabbi is derived from the Hebrew root-word RaV, which in biblical Hebrew means great or distinguished (in... Hillel Kook (1915-2001), also known as Peter Bergson, was a Revisionist Zionist activist, politician, and prominent member of the Irgun. ... Yom Kippur (יום כיפור yom kippūr) is the Jewish holiday of the Day of Atonement. ... Concentration camp inmates during the Holocaust The Holocaust was Nazi Germanys systematic genocide (ethnic cleansing) of various ethnic, religious, national, and secular groups during World War II. Early elements include the Kristallnacht pogrom and the T-4 Euthanasia Program established by Hitler that killed some 200,000 people. ... FDR redirects here. ... The United States Capitol is the capitol building that serves as the location for the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the U.S. federal government. ...

Barely a week after meeting with the rabbis, and despite strong public and political opinion against allowing further immigration to the United States, Barbour introduced a bill that would have permitted as many as 100,000 victims of the Holocaust "who are now being persecuted either because of racial or religious belief" to come to America and to remain in the United States as visitors for the duration of the war.^[9] This would have been a significant change from the existing policy limiting immigration to only 2% of the number of their countrymen who had been in the United States as of the 1890 Census.^[10] The Eleventh United States Census was taken June 1, 1890. ...

Barbour's death six weeks later in November, 1943, prevented him from working toward passage of the bill. His support of the rabbis, however, and his subsequent actions in the Senate did much to increase political and public awareness of and compassion for the victims of Nazi genocide.^[10]

Senator Barbour is buried with his parents and a brother at Cedar Lawn Cemetery in Paterson, New Jersey. Cedar Lawn Cemetery is a cemetery located in Paterson, New Jersey. ... The skyline of Paterson, New Jersey, showing the canyon of the Passaic River in the foreground. ...

Citations

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Sources

• Barbour, Thomas (brother of William Warren Barbour). Naturalist at Large. Little, Brown and Company; Boston, 1943.
• Barbour, Thomas (nephew of William Warren Barbour). Our Families (Volumes 1 & 2). Self-printed. 1983
• Davis S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies; "A Thanksgiving Day when Jews Mourned.", copyright 2005. accessed 7 September 2006.
• New York Times (NYT), October 15, 1943; p. 21; "Moves for Admission of 100,000 Refugees - Barbour Offers Resolution for Entry of Racial Victims"; accessed December 12, 2006 (There may be a charge for this article if accessed online.)
• Time, Inc.; "Boxers Triumph", copyright 2006. accessed 7 September 2006.

External links

• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Political Graveyard biography for William Warren Barbour

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