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Milton Barnes
21st Ohio Secretary of State
In office
January 8, 1877 – January 10, 1881
Preceded byWilliam Bell Jr.
Succeeded byCharles Townsend
Personal details
Born(1830-04-26)April 26, 1830
Barnesville, Ohio
DiedJune 2, 1895(1895-06-02) (aged 65)
Westerville, Ohio
Resting placeOtterbein Cemetery, Westerville
Political partyRepublican
Alma materAllegheny College
Military service
AllegianceUnited States United States
Branch/serviceUnion Army
Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Unit

Milton Barnes (April 26, 1830 - June 2, 1895) 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 Allegheny 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. Vol. I. Chicago: the Lewis Publishing Company.
  • Milton Barnes at Find a Grave

Further reading

Political offices
Preceded by Secretary of State of Ohio
1877–1881 		Succeeded by
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