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Clarence A. Barnes
American politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Clarence Alfred Barnes (August 28, 1882[1] – May 26, 1970[2]) was an American politician who served as attorney general of Massachusetts from 1945 to 1949.
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Early life
Barnes attended Chauncey Hall School, Yale University, and Yale Law School.[1] In 1904 he was captain of the Yale Bulldogs baseball team. He had four children with his first wife, Helen V. Long.[3][4] His oldest son Clare Barnes Jr. was an advertising executive who published a best-selling series of picture books.[5] In 1927, the 45-year-old Barnes married 18-year-old Doreen Kane.[4]
From 1936 to 1940, Barnes was the president of the Boston Athletic Association, organizer of the Boston Marathon.[6]
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Politics
Barnes political career began in Mansfield, Massachusetts, where he served as town counsel and moderator of the Town meeting. From 1912 to 1913, he served as a state representative, and he was a delegate to the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1917–18.[1]
Barnes was the Republican nominee for attorney general in 1938 but lost to incumbent Paul A. Dever.[7] He ran again in 1940, but lost the Republican nomination to Robert T. Bushnell.[8] Barnes was a member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council from 1943 to 1944. In 1944, he defeated former Lieutenant Governor Francis E. Kelly to become attorney general.[9] Barnes defeated Kelly again in 1946, but lost to him in 1948.[10] He was a candidate for governor in 1950, but lost the nomination to Arthur W. Coolidge. Barnes was also a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1940, 1944, 1948, and 1952.[3]
Barnes died on May 26, 1970, at Martha's Vineyard Hospital in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts.
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