Milton Barnes (politician)

Milton Barnes was a Republican politician who was Ohio Secretary of State from 1877-1881.

Milton Barnes was born April 26, 1830 in Barnesville Belmont County, Ohio. He attended country schools and at eighteen became a teacher, and at nineteen attended Allegany College at Meadville, Pennsylvania, but went home due to failing health.^[1] He studied law and higher mathematics at an academy at Salem, Ohio, then at a law office in Mount Vernon, Ohio, and was admitted to the bar in January, 1859. He moved to Cambridge, Ohio and opened a law office.^[1]

At the start of the American Civil War, Barnes raised a company and enlisted as Captain in the Sixty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He returned home on sick leave, resigned his command and re-enlisted in the Ninety-seventh Regiment as Lieutenant Colonel. He was twice wounded severely, and mustered out June, 1865.^[1]

In 1867 and 1869 Barnes was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Guernsey County.^[1] In 1876 the Republican Party nominated him for Ohio Secretary of State, and he defeated William Bell Jr. in the general election.^[2] He won re-election with a plurality over David R. Paige and two others in 1878,^[3] and did not run again.

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Smith 1898 : 366
2. ^ Smith 1898 : 364
3. ^ Smith 1898 : 393

References

• Smith, Joseph P, ed (1898). History of the Republican Party in Ohio. I. Chicago: the Lewis Publishing Company. http://books.google.com/books?id=eaAFAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA366. 

Further reading

• Guide to the Milton Barnes papers, 1853-1891 George Mason University

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