Career
In 1876 Barnes, a Republican, moved to Ft. Smith, Arkansas where he accepted a position as Chief Deputy United States Marshal over the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas where, the year before, US President Ulysses S. Grant had appointed Isaac Parker as District Judge over that court.
Barnes gained a friendship with the powerful Clayton family, most notably former Governor of Arkansas and (then) Senator Powell Clayton. Through his friendship with Clayton, Barnes was appointed, by President Benjamin Harrison, Receiver of the United States Land Office at Guthrie in 1890 with the opening of Oklahoma Territory. He held that position for four years.
During his tenure as Receiver, Barnes studied law and passed the bar exam in 1893. He served as a member of the 3rd and 4th sessions of the Oklahoma Territorial Legislature from 1895 to 1897. During the 3rd session, he was the Legislature’s speaker.
When President William McKinley, a Republican, took office in 1897, he appointed Barnes to replace the outgoing Democratic William Cary Renfrow as Governor of Oklahoma Territory. Barnes formally took the oath of office on May 24, 1897. During his four year term, Barnes defeated the attempts of the 6th Legislature to create numerous additional territorial institutions justified by the growing idea for the formation of the State of Oklahoma. Barnes promptly vetoed this legislation. His term in office ended on April 15, 1901 when William Miller Jenkins took the oath of office as his successor.
Governor Barnes continued to live in Guthrie for where he served as the President of the Logan County Bank. He was elected to and served as mayor of Guthrie in 1903–1905 and again in 1907–1909. During his second term as mayor of Guthrie his wife, Elizabeth, died on May 27, 1908. After their marriage in 1910, Barns and his second wife, Rebecca moved to Leavenworth, Kansas, where she served as an instructress in a girl's seminary and he become a postal telegraph operator in Leavenworth.
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