About Milton Barnes
Lived 1830 – 1895 (aged 65). Milton Barnes was an American politician and lawyer.
Milton Barnes (April 26, 1830 – June 2, 1895) was a Republican politician who was Ohio Secretary of State from 1877 to 1881.
Milton Barnes was born April 26, 1830, in Barnesville, 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. 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. He won re-election with a plurality over David R. Paige and two others in 1878, and did not run again.
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Who was Milton Barnes?
American politician
When was Milton Barnes born?
Milton Barnes was born on 26 April 1830 in Barnesville.
When did Milton Barnes die?
Milton Barnes died on 2 June 1895 in Westerville.
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Milton Barnes was a politician and lawyer.
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Milton Barnes was American.
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