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 WMATA Board of Directors
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 PSC
In office
1975–1979
GovernorMarvin Mandel
Personal details
Born
Michael Darr Barnes

(1943-09-03) September 3, 1943
Washington, D.C.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouses
  • Claudia Dillon Fangboner
    (m. 1970, divorced)
  • Joan Pollitt
    (m. 2007)
RelationsJohn P. Barnes (grandfather)
Children2
ResidenceKensington, Maryland
EducationUNC-Chapel Hill (BA)
George Washington U (JD)
OccupationAttorney
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch U.S. Marine Corps
Service years1967–1969
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.