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Revision as of 15:34, 29 November 2025
American politician
Robert F. Barnett was an American politician who served as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives and the Illinois Senate.[1]
Biography
Barnett was born in 1807 in Bourbon County, Kentucky.[2] In 1832, he moved to DeWitt County, Illinois where he farmed land his father had purchased for him and served as a justice of the peace.[2] Barnett was a Democrat known for his strong anti-slavery views.[2]
Barnett served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1840 to 1842 in the 12th Illinois General Assembly representing Macon and DeWitt counties; and then as a state senator from 1842 to 1844 in the 13th Illinois General Assembly representing McLean, Livingston, DeWitt, Piatt, and Macon counties.[2][3] He returned as a state representative in the 17th Illinois General Assembly from 1850 to 1852 representing DeWitt and McLean counties.[2][3]
Personal life
In 1831, he married Margaret J. Mills; they had 10 children.[2] He died in 1864 in Clinton, Illinois.[2] His son, Nathan Barnett, ran for governor of Illinois on the Populist ticket in the 1892 Illinois gubernatorial election.[2]
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