Cassius McDonald Barnes
| Cassius McDonald Barnes | |
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| 4th Governor of Oklahoma Territory | |
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In office May 24, 1897 – April 15, 1901 |
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| Appointed by | William McKinley |
| Preceded by | William Cary Renfrow |
| Succeeded by | William Miller Jenkins |
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| Born |
August 25, 1845 Livingston County, New York |
| Died | February 18, 1925 (aged 79) Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | 1 Elizabeth Mary Bartlett Barnes 2) Rebecca Cagle Forney Barnes |
| Profession | Lawyer, Soldier, Statesman |
Cassius McDonald Barnes (August 25, 1845 – February 18, 1925) was a soldier in the Union army in the American Civil War, and a lawyer and Republican politician who served as the 4th Governor of Oklahoma Territory.
The son of Henry Hogan and Semantha Barnes, Cassius McDonald Barnes was born in Livingston County, New York on August 25, 1845. Barnes spent the first few years of his life in New York, but his parents later moved to Michigan. He attended both public school and the Wesleyan Church Seminary in Albion, Michigan.
In 1861, the American Civil War broke out, and Barnes, just 16 years old, 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. Barnes served for the duration of the war, spending a portion of his enlistment as the secretary to Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon. Barnes left the army at the age of 20 and moved to Little Rock, Arkansas. During his time in Arkansas, he married Elizabeth Mary Bartlett of North Adams, Massachusetts, in Little Rock on June 4, 1868. His second marriage was to divorcee, Rebecca Cagle Forney, in Chicago in 1910.
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.
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