Thomas A. Barnes was a state legislator in Mississippi. He served as Speaker of the

Mississippi House of Representatives The Mississippi House of Representatives is the lower house of the Mississippi Legislature, the lawmaking body of the U.S. state of Mississippi. According to the state constitution of 1890, it is to comprise no more than 122 members elected for ...

during the first General Assembly held in Mississippi from October 6, 1817, to February 6, 1818. Barnes had previously been a member of the Legislative Council of the Mississippi Territory representing Clairborne County and was president of the council from 1809 to 1810, then again from 1812 to 1815. In 1815 he resigned due to bad health. He lived in

Port Gibson, Mississippi Port Gibson is a city and the county seat of Claiborne County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,567 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. It is bordered on the west by the Mississippi River. The first European settlers i ...

. He was involved with negotiations over commerce on the Mississippi River and a proposal for election districting.

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