sentences:  He fought for these reforms throughout his life and time in Congress.On the international stage, Barrows was an activist for ending hunger and achieving peace – one of his first actions in Congress was to send ships carrying grain to India to feed the starving and later he served as executive secretary of the Russian Famine Relief Commission.Barrows was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899).