Demas Barnes

Demas Barnes (1827-1888)

Demas Barnes (born April 4, 1827 in Gorham Township , New York , † May 1, 1888 in New York City ) was an American politician . Between 1867 and 1869 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Demas Barnes attended public schools and then went on to do business. In 1849 he moved to New York City and pursued drug businesses there. Barnes traveled across the continent in a car, studying raw materials in Colorado , Nevada and California . He then returned to New York City, where he wrote and published articles related to his experiences.

Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party . In the congressional elections of 1866 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of New York , where he succeeded Teunis G. Bergen on March 4, 1867 . Since he on a run again in 1868 renounced, he left the after March 3, 1869 Congress of.

About eight years after the end of the Civil War , he founded the Brooklyn Argus and was also the editor of the newspaper. In addition, he pursued real estate business. He sat on the Board of Education . Then he was one of the original trustees of the Brooklyn Bridge when it was still a private company. Barnes died on May 1, 1888 in New York City and was then buried in Green-Wood Cemetery .

Web links

• Demas Barnes in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Demas Barnes in the database of Find a Grave (English)