Lizzie Barnes

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Erma Elizabeth "Lizzie" Barnes was an American politician and businesswoman from Illinois.[1]

She was born March 13, 1891, in Albany, Kentucky and raised in White County, Illinois where she was a lifelong resident. She had two children.[2][1] She was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1938 and served a single term. She served on the Agriculture; Banks and Building and Loan Associations; Charities and Corrections; Parks; and Waterways Committees, and the Committee to Visit Educational Institutions.[3] With Maud N. Peffers and Lottie Holman O'Neill, Barnes was one of only three women in the Illinois House during the 60th General Assembly.[2] She was widowed by the time she was elected to the Illinois House.[4] Barnes lost reelection in 1940.[5] She remained the only woman to represent a district in "deep southern" Illinois until Terri Bryant took office in 2015.[1][6] She ran for the Democratic nomination for Illinois Senate in 1948, but lost to Kent Lewis.[7][8]

After her service in the legislature, she remained active in the civic and business communities. She served as the City Treasurer for Carmi, Illinois from 1949 to 1957. She also served as the Chair of the local Democratic Party in White County, Illinois.[1] She died November 1, 1969.[9]

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  1. ^ a b c d "Served as State Representative". Carmi Times. December 9, 1965. p. 8. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  2. ^ a b Bone, Jan, ed. (June 1974). "Commission on the Status of Women: Report and Recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly" (PDF). Springfield, Illinois: Illinois Commission on the Status of Women. p. 26. Retrieved January 22, 2019 – via Institute of Education Sciences.
  3. ^ Musser, Ashley; Dutton, Julie (February 11, 2016). "Illinois Women in Congress and General Assembly" (PDF). Springfield, Illinois: Illinois Legislative Research Unit. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  4. ^ "Three Out of Four Feminine Representatives Have Seen Service". The Journal Standard. January 11, 1939. p. 5. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  5. ^ Winn, Marcia (November 7, 1940). "Jessie Sumner Confounds the Prophets; Wins: G.O.P. Scholar Politician Keeps Congress Seat". Chicago Tribune – via ProQuest.
  6. ^ Miller, Rich (January 22, 2015). "A first for southern Illinois?". Capitol Fax. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  7. ^ Kanady, Johnson (April 14, 1948). "Victory Sweep for Incumbents in Legislature: Most of 159 in Running Win Renomination". Chicago Tribune. p. 6 – via ProQuest.
  8. ^ Barrett, Edward J., ed. (1950). "Biographical Sketch of Kent Lewis". Illinois Blue Book 1949-1950. Springfield, Illinois: Illinois Secretary of State. p. 228.
  9. ^ "Lizzie Barnes Obituary". Social Security Death Index.


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