David Leonard Barnes
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David Leonard Barnes (1760-1812) was a U.S. District Court of Rhode Island judge and a party in the 1791 U.S. Supreme Court case of West v. Barnes.
Barnes was born in Scituate, Massachusetts on January 28, 1760. He became a lawyer and resided in Taunton, Massachusetts. Barnes married into the Jenckes family of Providence, Rhode Island. Eventually he won the case of West v. Barnes representing himself and family, pro se. Barnes was appointed a U.S. attorney and later appointed judge of U.S. District Court for Rhode Island, serving from 1801 to 1812. He died in office on November 3, 1812 in Providence. His interment was at Swan Point Cemetery in Providence, Rhode Island.
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- James R. Perry, The Documentary History of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789-1800, Volume 6, "West v. Barnes," pp. 7-27. Google Book Search excerpt
- Political Graveyard bio
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| Preceded by Benjamin Bourne |
Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island 1801-1812 |
Succeeded by David Howell |
