Phinehas Barnes (January 21, 1811August 21, 1871) was an American lawyer, newspaper editor, and politician from

Maine Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north ...

. Barnes was born in

Orland, Maine Orland is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,221 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and is water. Demographics 201 ...

before attending

Bowdoin College Bowdoin College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Brunswick, Maine. When Bowdoin was chartered in 1794, Maine was still a part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The college offers 34 majors and 36 minors, as well as several joint eng ...

. After graduating from Bowdoin, he taught at

Waterville College Colby College is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Waterville, Maine. It was founded in 1813 as the Maine Literary and Theological Institution, then renamed Waterville College after the ...

. He eventually moved to

Portland Portland most commonly refers to: * Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States * Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...

and was elected to five single-year terms in the

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(18441846; 1848; 1856). He also edited the Whig-leaning newspaper the Portland Advertiser and worked as an attorney for a number of years and represented among other companies the

Grand Trunk Railway The Grand Trunk Railway (; french: Grand Tronc) was a railway system that operated in the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario and in the American states of Connecticut, Maine, Michigan, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The rai ...

. He is buried at Portland's Evergreen Cemetery.

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1811 births 1871 deaths Writers from Portland, Maine Lawyers from Portland, Maine Politicians from Portland, Maine People from Orland, Maine Bowdoin College alumni Colby College faculty Members of the Maine House of Representatives Journalists from Maine Maine lawyers 19th-century American newspaper editors Maine Whigs 19th-century American lawyers {{Maine-politician-stub