Phineas Barnes (January 21, 1811August 21, 1871) was an American lawyer, newspaper editor, and politician from Maine.[1] Barnes was born in Orland, Maine before attending Bowdoin College. After graduating from Bowdoin, he taught at Waterville College. He eventually moved to Portland and was elected to five single-year terms in the Maine House of Representatives (18441846; 1848; 1856).[2] He also edited the Whig-leaning newspaper the Portland Advertiser and worked as an attorney for a number of years and represented among other companies the Grand Trunk Railway.[3] [4] He is buried at Portland's Evergreen Cemetery.