Michael D. Barnes

Michael Barnes
Alternate Member of the Board of Directors of the Office of Congressional Ethics
Assumed office
January 23, 2013
Appointed byJohn Boehner
Preceded byAbner Mikva
Member of the Board of Directors of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
In office
April 2011 – 2013
Preceded byPeter Benjamin
Succeeded byMichael Goldman
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Maryland's 8th district
In office
January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1987
Preceded byNewton Steers
Succeeded byConnie Morella
Commissioner of the Maryland Public Service Commission
In office
1975–1979
GovernorMarvin Mandel
Personal details
Born
Michael Darr Barnes

(1943-09-03) September 3, 1943 (age 81)
Washington, D.C.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Claudia Dillon Fangboner (div)
Joan Pollitt (m. 2007)
ChildrenDillon
Garrie
Parent(s)John P. Barnes
Vernon S. Barnes
ResidenceKensington, Maryland
EducationUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BA)
George Washington University (JD)
OccupationAttorney
Military service
AllegianceUnited States
Branch/serviceUnited States Marine Corps
Years of service1967–1969
RankCorporal

Michael Darr Barnes (born September 3, 1943) is an American lawyer and politician who represented the eighth district of Maryland in the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 1987.