Michael Darr Barnes

Democrat Representative of Maryland's 8th district

Representative
Maryland, district 8
January 15, 1979 - January 3, 1981
Representative
Maryland, district 8
January 5, 1981 - January 3, 1983
Representative
Maryland, district 8
January 3, 1983 - January 3, 1985
Representative
Maryland, district 8
January 3, 1985 - January 3, 1987

Congresses Served

House Terms

January 1, 1943 (82 years old)

Birthday

Served as a U.S. Representative for Maryland from 1979 to 1987
Born in Washington, D.C., and moved to Chevy Chase, Maryland, at age 13
Son of John P. Barnes, former general counsel to C&P Telephone Company, and grandson of a U.S. District Court judge
Married Claudia Dillon Fangboner in 1970 and has two daughters
Served in the United States Marine Corps from 1967 to 1969, discharged as a corporal
Earned a Juris Doctor degree from George Washington University in 1972
Worked in both private and government legal practice before his election to Congress
Chaired the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee during the 99th Congress
Criticized Ronald Reagan’s Central America policy but supported the U.S. invasion of Grenada in 1983
Lost the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senator from Maryland to Barbara Mikulski in 1986
After Congress, held positions including President of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence and Chair of the Center for National Policy
Served on several boards, including the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority and the University of Maryland Foundation
Became Senior Of Counsel at the law firm Covington & Burling, retiring in December 2010
Joined the Board of Directors of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority in April 2011
Appointed to the Office of Congressional Ethics in January 2013
Attended the Landon School and Principia High School, graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a B.A., and attended the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland