# David Wilber

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For his son, also an United States representative, see [David F. Wilber](/source/David_F._Wilber).

**David Wilber** (October 5, 1820 – April 1, 1890) was a [United States representative](/source/United_States_representative) from [New York](/source/New_York_(state)).[1]

## Early life

Born near Quaker Street, a hamlet in [Duanesburg, New York](/source/Duanesburg,_New_York), he moved with his parents to [Milford](/source/Milford_(town),_New_York), [Otsego County](/source/Otsego_County,_New_York), N.Y.; attended the common schools; engaged in the lumbering trade, hop business, and agricultural pursuits; member of the board of supervisors of Otsego County in 1858, 1859, 1862, 1865, and 1866; director of the [Albany and Susquehanna Railroad](/source/Albany_and_Susquehanna_Railroad); director of the Second National Bank of Cooperstown, N.Y.; president of the Wilber National Bank of Oneonta 1874 - 1890.

## Personal life

David Wilber was married on January 1, 1845, to Margaret Belinda Jones. They had two sons, [David F. Wilber](/source/David_F._Wilber) and George I. Wilber.

## Political career

David Wilber was elected as a [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) to the [Forty-third Congress](/source/43rd_United_States_Congress), where he served from March 4, 1873, to March 3, 1875. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1874, however, Wilber was elected to the [Forty-sixth Congress](/source/46th_United_States_Congress) (March 4, 1879 - March 3, 1881). Yet again, he was not a candidate for renomination in 1880. He served as a [delegate](/source/Delegate_(American_politics)) to the [Republican National Conventions](/source/Republican_National_Conventions) in 1880 and 1888 while moving to [Oneonta](/source/Oneonta,_New_York), New York in 1886. He then ran again and soon was elected as a Republican to the [Fiftieth Congress](/source/50th_United_States_Congress). This time he was a candidate for renomination and was reelected to the [Fifty-first Congress](/source/51st_United_States_Congress), but owing to ill health took the oath of office at his home and never attended a session. This caused him to only serve from March 4, 1887, up until his death.[2]

## Death

He died on April 1, 1890, in Oneonta, New York and was buried there in Glenwood Cemetery.

## See also

- [List of members of the United States Congress who died in office (1790–1899)](/source/List_of_members_of_the_United_States_Congress_who_died_in_office_(1790%E2%80%931899))

## References

1. [*Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of David Wilber (a Representative from New York)*](https://archive.org/details/memorialaddresse02unitag). U.S. Government Printing Office. 1890. p. [21](https://archive.org/details/memorialaddresse02unitag/page/21)

1. ["WILBER, David - Biographical Information"](http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000452). *bioguide.congress.gov*. Retrieved 2017-08-31.

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