Frank D. Barber Papers

Frank David Barber (1929-1997) attended the University of Mississippi as a pre-law student prior to World War II. Upon returning from the war, he attended and received a Bachelor’s degree in History, Political Science, and English from Mississippi Southern College in 1954. While at MSC, Barber served on the Student Government Association, and he oversaw Southern Exposure, the college’s humor magazine, as Business Manager and Advertising Manager. Barber received a Juris Doctorate from George Washington University in 1957, and he began his political career in Mississippi around this time.

According to House Resolution 26 adopted in the 1997 Regular Session, Barber was occupied in the following positions: “staff member, Internal Security Subcommittee, Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, 1955-1958; counsel, General Legislative Investigating Committee, State of Mississippi, 1958-1959; Mississippi State Senate, 1960-1964; Executive Assistant to the Governor of Mississippi and State Extradition Officer, 1964-1968; attorney, Industrial Department, Mississippi Agricultural and Industrial Board, 1968-1972; Legislative Assistant to United States Senator James O. Eastland, President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate and Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, 1972-1978; general counsel, Contractors Board, State of Mississippi, 1981-1989; Secretary, Mississippi State Senate, 1989-1991; Special Assistant Attorney General, State of Mississippi, 1992-1994; judge, Mississippi Court of Appeals, 1995 until his death.”