{{Short description|American politician (born 1931)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = John S. Barnes Jr. | image = | state_senate = New Hampshire | district = 17th | term_start1 = December 6, 2000 | term_end1 = December 5, 2012 | predecessor1 = Mary E. Brown | successor1 = John Reagan | term_start2 = December 2, 1992 | term_end2 = December 2, 1998 | predecessor2 = Gordon J. Humphrey | successor2 = Mary E. Brown | state_house3 = New Hampshire | district3 = Rockingham 6th | term_start3 = December 7, 1988 | term_end3 = December 2, 1992 | predecessor3 = | successor3 = | birth_date = {{birth date|1931|08|21}} | birth_place = Arlington, Massachusetts, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2024|1|11|1931|08|21}} | death_place = | spouse = Frances | profession = Retired business owner <!-- | religion = Roman Catholic --> | party = Republican }}
'''John (Jack) S. Barnes Jr.''' (August 21, 1931 – January 11, 2024) is an American politician who served in the New Hampshire Senate for the 17th district, from 1992 to 1998 and again from 2000 to 2012. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1988 until 1992.
Barnes served in the United States Army.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Merrill |first=Kimberly |title=A look at vice presidential candidate 'Jack' Barnes of Raymond |url=https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/2008/04/04/a-look-at-vice-presidential/52459876007/ |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=Portsmouth Herald |language=en-US}}</ref> Barnes won the New Hampshire primary for Vice President of the United States in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sos.nh.gov/presprim2008/rvpressum.htm |title=Presidential Primary Election January 8 |access-date=2008-01-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207163128/http://www.sos.nh.gov/presprim2008/rvpressum.htm |archive-date=2012-02-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The following year, he co-sponsored a bill which abolished the vice-presidential preference ballot. The bill passed both houses of the state legislature and took effect in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=18&sy=2009&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2009&txtbillnumber=hb35|title=Bill_Status}}</ref>
Barnes died in January 2024, at the age of 92.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-12 |title=Notable NH Deaths: Former Sen. Jack Barnes and Rep. Suzanne Smith; former Plymouth State President |url=https://indepthnh.org/2024/01/12/notable-nh-deaths-former-sen-jack-barnes-and-rep-suzanne-smith-former-plymouth-state-president/ |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=InDepthNH.org |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Charest |first=Bob |date=2024-12-30 |title=Leaders in State Politics from All Walks of Life Left Us in 2024 |url=https://indepthnh.org/2024/12/30/leaders-in-state-politics-from-all-walks-of-life-left-us-in-2024/ |access-date=2025-05-10 |website=InDepthNH.org |language=en-US}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == *[http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/senate/members/senate17.asp The New Hampshire Senate - Senator John S. Barnes, Jr.] '''official government website''' *[http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=8642 Project Vote Smart - Senator John Barnes, Jr. (NH)] profile *''Follow the Money'' - John S (Jack) Barnes Jr **[http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=200630&c=429445 2006] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=200430&c=409283 2004][http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=200230&c=34884 2002] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=200030&c=368953 2000] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=199830&c=368170 1998] campaign contributions {{Authority control}}
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