Jacob A. Garber

Jacob Aaron Garber (January 25, 1879 - December 2, 1953) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.

Born near Harrisonburg, Virginia, Garber attended the public schools of Rockingham County, and Bridgewater College. Principal of Brentsville Academy in 1904 and 1905.He was graduated from Emerson College, Boston, Massachusetts, in 1907.He taught in Well's Memorial Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, in 1906 and 1907. Secretary of Emerson College in 1907 and 1908.He moved to Timberville, Virginia, in 1908 and was employed as a bank cashier until 1924.He served as treasurer of Rockingham County 1924-1929.He served as member of the State house of delegates 1920-1922.He was interested in various orchard and canning organizations.

Garber was elected as a Republican to the Seventy-first Congress (March 4, 1929-March 3, 1931).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1930 to the Seventy-second Congress.He served as chief of the field and processing-tax divisions, Internal Revenue Office, Richmond, Virginia from 1931 to 1935.He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1932.He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1940 to the Seventy-seventh Congress.He served in the State senate 1945-1947.He resumed operation of commercial orchards.He died in Harrisonburg, Virginia, December 2, 1953.He was interred in Church of the Brethren Cemetery, Timberville, Virginia.

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