Michael D. Barnes

Michael Darr Barnes ( born September 3, 1943 in Washington DC) is an American politician. Between 1979 and 1987 he represented the state of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Michael Barnes first attended the Landon School in Bethesda and thereafter until 1962, the Princilap High School in St. Louis ( Missouri). This was followed up in 1965 to study at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In the years 1965 and 1966 Barnes studied at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. Between 1967 and 1969, Barnes served as a corporal in the Marine Corps. After a subsequent law degree from George Washington University and his 1972 was admitted as a lawyer, he began to work in this profession. From 1975 to 1978 he worked for the Commission for Public Services of Maryland.

Politically, Barnes joined the Democratic Party. In the congressional elections of 1978 he was elected the eighth electoral district of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he became the successor of Newton Steers on January 3, 1979. After three re- elections, he was able to complete in Congress until January 3rd, 1987 four legislative sessions.

In 1986 he gave up another candidacy. Instead, he applied unsuccessfully for a seat in the U.S. Senate. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Michael Barnes practiced as a lawyer again. Between 2000 and 2006 he was president of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence.