Background
Barnes, Clarence Alfred was born on August 28, 1882 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Son of William D. and Mabel F. (Harding) Barnes.
Barnes, Clarence Alfred was born on August 28, 1882 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. Son of William D. and Mabel F. (Harding) Barnes.
Graduated from Yale University and Yale Law School, 1904, 06: married Helen Long. March 13, 1906 (died December 3, 1915).
Barnes political career began in Mansfield, Massachusetts where he served as town counsel and moderator of the Town meeting. From 1912-1913, he served as a State Representative and he was as a delegate to the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1917-1918. Barnes was the Republican nominee for Attorney General in 1938 but lost to incumbent Paul A. Dever.
He ran again in 1940, but lost the Republican nomination to Robert T. Bushnell.
In 1944, he defeated former Lieutenant Governor Francis East. Kelly to become Attorney General. Barnes defeated Kelly again in 1946, but lost to him in 1948.
He was a candidate for Governor in 1950, but lost the nomination to Arthur West. Coolidge. Barnes was also a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1940, 1944, 1948, and 1952.
- Barnes died on May 26, 1970 at Martha"s Vineyard Hospital in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts.
Member constitutional convention. Member Bristol County (past president), American, Boston. Massachusetts bar associations.
Married second, Doreen Kane, October 8, 1927. Children: Clarence A., David H., Jane F. (Mistress Carlisle Moore).