Cassius McDonald Barnes

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Cassius McDonald Barnes
Governor of Oklahoma Territory
In office
May 24, 1897 – April 15, 1901
Appointed byWilliam McKinley
Preceded byWilliam Cary Renfrow
Succeeded byWilliam Miller Jenkins
Personal details
Born(1845-08-25)August 25, 1845
Livingston County, New York, U.S.
DiedFebruary 18, 1925(1925-02-18) (aged 79)
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Resting placeSummit View Cemetery in Guthrie, Oklahoma
Political partyRepublican
Spouses
  • Elizabeth Mary Bartlett (died 1908)
  • Rebecca Cagle Forney
Profession
  • Lawyer
  • soldier
  • politician

Cassius McDonald Barnes (August 25, 1845 – February 18, 1925) was a soldier in the

governor of Oklahoma Territory
.

Biography

The son of Henry Hogan and Semantha Barnes, Cassius McDonald Barnes was born in

New York. When he was a young boy the family moved to Michigan. He attended both public schools and the Wesleyan Church Seminary in Albion, Michigan
.

In 1861, at the age of sixteen, Barnes joined the Union Army as a volunteer soldier. His experience in telegraphy earned him a position in the Military Telegraph and Engineering Corps of the Union army. He served for the duration of the war and spent a portion of his enlistment as the secretary to Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon. Barnes left the army at the age of twenty and moved to the capital city of Little Rock, Arkansas, where on June 6, 1868, he wed the former Elizabeth Mary Bartlett of North Adams, Massachusetts.[1] His second marriage was to a divorcee, Rebecca Cagle Forney, in Chicago in 1910.

Career

In 1876, Barnes, a

Chief Deputy United States Marshal over the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas under Judge Isaac C. Parker. who was appointed the previous year by U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant
as the federal judge.

Barnes gained a friendship with the powerful Clayton family, most notably former

Governor of Arkansas and (then) U.S. Senator Powell Clayton. Through his friendship with Clayton, Barnes was appointed, by President Benjamin Harrison, as the Receiver of the United States Land Office at Guthrie, Oklahoma, in 1890 with the opening of Oklahoma Territory. He held that position for four years until the return of President Grover Cleveland.[1]

During his tenure as receiver, Barnes studied law and passed the

bar exam in 1893.[2]
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 Speaker of the body.

When President

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, at which he served as the president of the Logan County Bank. He was elected to and served as mayor of Guthrie in from 1903 to 1905 and again in from 1907 to 1909.

telegraph operator
there.

Death and legacy

In his later years as his health began to fail, he relocated again, this time to

Episcopal Church, serving as a senior warden of the Guthrie church for many years. He was an active affiliate of both the Scottish and York rites of the Masonic fraternity
.

References

  1. ^ a b "Cassius McDonald Barnes". Chronicles of Oklahoma. Archived from the original on March 26, 2015. Retrieved September 20, 2012.
  2. ^ "Cassius McDonald Barnes". Oklahoma Digital Prairie. Retrieved September 20, 2012.
  3. ^ "Cassius McDonald Barnes". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved September 20, 2012.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Governor of Oklahoma Territory

1897–1901 		Succeeded by
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