Phinehas Barnes (January 21, 1811 – August 21, 1871) was an American lawyer, newspaper editor, and politician from Maine.[1] Barnes was born in Orland, Maine before attending Bowdoin College. After graduating from Bowdoin, he taught at Waterville College. He eventually moved to Portland and was elected to five single-year terms in the Maine House of Representatives (1844 – 1846; 1848; 1856).[2] He also edited the Whig-leaning newspaper the Portland Advertiser and worked as an attorney for a number of years and represented among other companies the Grand Trunk Railway.[3][4] He is buried at Portland's Evergreen Cemetery.
References
- ^ "Phineas Barnes (1811-1871) - Find A Grave..." www.findagrave.com.
- ^ "Legislators' Biographical Database". legislature.maine.gov.
- ^ Humanities, National Endowment for the. "Portland advertiser. [volume]".
- ^ "Phinehas Barnes, Portland, 1863". Maine Memory Network.
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