J. Franklin Barnes
{{Short description|American physician and politician}}
James Franklin Barnes (June 2, 1852, Bellona, New York – October 28, 1914, Watkins Glen, New York){{find a Grave|151439598}}, including an obituary of November 6, 1914 was an American physician and politician from New York.
Life
He was born on June 2, 1852.[http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/indiana-university-of-pennsylvania/the-evening-journal--almanac-volume-1884-nsl/page-33-the-evening-journal--almanac-volume-1884-nsl.shtml The Evening Journal Almanac] (1884) He studied medicine at Bellevue Hospital from 1872 to 1875.[https://archive.org/stream/newyorkredbook00unse_0#page/102/mode/1up New York Red Book] (1900; pg. 102) Afterwards he practiced medicine in Watkins, Schuyler County, New York.
Barnes was Supervisor of the Town of Dix in 1883; and a member of the New York State Assembly (Schuyler Co.) in 1884.
In 1894, he was appointed as Secretary to the State Board of Health.[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1894/05/04/109719925.pdf Dr. Balch Out of State Health Board] in the New York Times on May 4, 1894
In November 1895, he ran in the 40th District for the New York State Senate, but was defeated by Republican Edwin C. Stewart.[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1895/11/02/102479473.pdf REPUBLICANS MUST FIGHT] in the New York Times on November 2, 1895 In November 1898, he ran again for the State Senate, but was defeated by Republican Charles T. Willis.
Barnes was again a member of the State Assembly in 1900; and was Minority Leader.[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1900/01/03/102422672.pdf NEW YORK LEGISLATURE; Democratic Policy Defined by Minority Assembly Leader] in the New York Times on January 3, 1900
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Category:Democratic Party members of the New York State Assembly
Category:People from Watkins Glen, New York
Category:People from Yates County, New York
Category:Town supervisors in New York (state)
Category:19th-century members of the New York State Legislature