Michael D. Barnes
Template:Short description Template:Other people Template:Infobox officeholder Michael Darr Barnes (born September 3, 1943) is an American lawyer and politician who represented the eighth district of Maryland in the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 1987.
Early life
Born in Washington, D.C. to John P. Barnes former general counsel to C&P Telephone Company, and Vernon S. Barnes.<ref name=gazzete>Template:Cite news</ref> His grandfather John P. Barnes was a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Barnes moved to Chevy Chase in Montgomery County, Maryland at age 13.<ref name=Post-sum>Template:Cite news</ref>
Personal life
Barnes married Claudia Dillon Fangboner in 1970.<ref name=Post-announce>Template:Cite news</ref> He has two daughters, Dillon and Garrie.<ref name="Post-sum" />
Career
After serving in the Marine Corps (1967 to 1969), being discharged with the rank of corporal, Barnes attended George Washington University and obtained a Juris Doctor degree in 1972. Barnes served on the Maryland Public Service Commission.<ref name="Post-ref" /> Barnes served as executive director of the 1976 Democratic party platform committee.<ref name=Post-ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Barnes served in both private and government practice until his election to the House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1978.Template:Citation needed
Tenure in Congress
During the first session of the 99th Congress, he was the chairman of the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.<ref>1985–1986 Official Congressional Directory. Washington: GPO, 1985, 87.</ref> As a member of Congress, Barnes was generally an outspoken critic of Ronald Reagan's Central America policy, although he did in 1983 call the United States invasion of Grenada "justified," after a personal trip to the island. In 1986, Barnes lost the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senator from Maryland to Barbara Mikulski and retired to private legal practice.
Later career
Following his congressional service, Barnes was President of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, Chair of the Center for National Policy, Chair of the Governor's Commission on Growth in the Chesapeake Bay Region and a member of the Boards of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, University of Maryland Foundation, Center for International Policy, Public Voice, and the Overseas Development Council. Prior to his service in Congress, Barnes was a Commissioner of the Maryland Public Service Commission from 1975 to 1979, and Vice Chairman of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission.
From 2000 through 2006, he served as president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. Barnes was Senior Of Counsel in the Washington, D.C., law firm of Covington & Burling. He retired as senior counsel at Covington & Burling LLP in December 2010.
Barnes joined the Board of Directors of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority from April 2011 to 2013 as Principal Director representing Montgomery County and the State of Maryland, preceded by Peter Benjamin and succeeded by Michael Goldman. He is a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy in Washington, DC. Barnes is also a member of the Inter-American Dialogue<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and the ReFormers Caucus of Issue One.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
He was appointed by John Boehner to succeed Abner Mikva as an alternate member of the Office of Congressional Ethics on January 23, 2013.
Education
Barnes attended the Landon School in Bethesda, Maryland. He graduated from Principia High School in St. Louis, Missouri in 1962. He earned his B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1965, where he was a member of the Delta Upsilon fraternity. He attended the Geneva Graduate Institute in Switzerland from 1965 to 1966. He attained his J.D. from George Washington University in 1972.
U.S. House election history
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Further reading
- North, Oliver Under Fire: An American Story (Template:ISBN)
References
External links
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