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Description	Demas Barnes. Library of Congress description: "Hon. Demas Barnes"
Source	Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Brady-Handy Photograph Collection. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cwpbh.00151. CALL NUMBER: LC-BH83- 226 [P&P]
Date	between 1860 and 1875
Author	Mathew Brady or Levin Handy
Permission	PD

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English: BARNES, Demas, a United States Representative from New York; born in Gorham Township, Ontario County, N.Y., April 4, 1827; attended the public schools; engaged in mercantile pursuits; moved to New York City in 1849 and engaged in the drug business, including Charles Henry Fletcher's Castoria; crossed the continent in a wagon and studied the mineral resources of Colorado, Nevada, and California; returned to New York City and wrote articles and published works concerning his experiences; elected as a Democrat to the Fortieth Congress (March 4, 1867-March 3, 1869); was not a candidate for renomination in 1868; established and edited the Brooklyn Argus in 1873 and was also engaged in the real-estate business; member of the board of education; one of the original trustees of the Brooklyn Bridge when it was a private enterprise; died in New York City May 1, 1888; interment in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.

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