Clarence A. Barnes

Clarence Alfred Barnes (August 28, 1882 – May 26, 1970) was an American politician who served as attorney general of Massachusetts from 1945 to 1949. Early life Barnes attended Chauncey Hall School, Yale University, and Yale Law School. In 1904 he was captain of the Yale Bulldogs baseball team. He had four children with his first wife, Helen V. Long. His oldest son Clare Barnes, Jr. was an advertising executive who published a best-selling series of picture books. In 1927, the 45-year old Barnes married 18-year old Doreen Kane. From 1936 to 1940, Barnes was the president of the Boston Athletic Association, organizer of the Boston Marathon. Politics Barnes political career began in Mansfield, Massachusetts, where he served as town counsel and moderator of the Town meeting. From 1912 to 1913, he served as a state representative, and he was a delegate to the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1917–18.