# John Barnes Jr.

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{{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](/source/New_Hampshire's_17th_State_Senate_district)
| term_start1  = December 6, 2000
| term_end1    = December 5, 2012
| predecessor1 = [Mary E. Brown](/source/Mary_E._Brown)
| successor1   = [John Reagan](/source/John_Reagan_(New_Hampshire_politician))
| term_start2  = December 2, 1992
| term_end2    = December 2, 1998
| predecessor2 = [Gordon J. Humphrey](/source/Gordon_J._Humphrey)
| successor2   = [Mary E. Brown](/source/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](/source/Arlington%2C_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](/source/Roman_Catholic_Church) -->
| party        = [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))
}}

'''John (Jack) S. Barnes Jr.''' (August 21, 1931 – January 11, 2024) is an American politician who served in the [New Hampshire Senate](/source/New_Hampshire_Senate) for the [17th district](/source/New_Hampshire's_17th_State_Senate_District), from 1992 to 1998 and again from 2000 to 2012. A member of the [Republican Party](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)), he previously served as a member of the [New Hampshire House of Representatives](/source/New_Hampshire_House_of_Representatives) from 1988 until 1992.

Barnes served in the [United States Army](/source/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](/source/New_Hampshire_primary) for [Vice President of the United States](/source/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 ==
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== 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
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Category:Republican Party New Hampshire state senators
Category:Republican Party members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
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