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Peter J. Barnes Jr. is a former American politician who served as a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives from 1967 to 1972 and as a member of the Rhode Island Senate from 1973 to 1984. He was born on September 12, 1928 in East Providence, Rhode Island. Barnes graduated from La Salle Academy in 1946 and attended Providence College. He served in the United States Army from 1951 to 1953. Barnes was first elected to the Rhode Island House of Representatives in 1966 and served until 1972. He was then elected to the Rhode Island Senate in 1972 and served until 1984. During his time in the Senate, he served as the Senate Majority Leader from 1979 to 1984. Barnes was a member of the East Providence City Council from 1985 to 1990. He was also a member of the East Providence School Committee from 1990 to 1994. Barnes is currently 90 years old and has a net worth of $1 million.

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Age 90 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 12 September, 1928
Birthday 12 September
Birthplace East Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Date of death (2018-09-11)
Died Place Edison, U.S.
Nationality Rhode Island

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His wife is Barbara Barnes

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Children 4, including Peter III

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2018

Barnes resided with his wife Barbara in Edison, New Jersey. He had four children including Peter III who succeeded Barnes in the Assembly, John Patrick a former Hunterdon County, New Jersey prosecutor, Sheila, and Kelly. Barnes died on September 11, 2018, one day shy of his 90th birthday.

2007

On February 5, 2007, Governor of New Jersey Jon Corzine nominated Barnes to serve as Chairman of the New Jersey State Parole Board. In mid-March, he resigned his Assembly seat to assume the Parole Board Chairmanship. On March 14, 2007, Barnes was confirmed by the New Jersey Senate and Barnes' son, Edison Councilman Peter J. Barnes III, was chosen to fill his father's vacant seat.

2004

He authored several major pieces of legislation, including a landmark bill that was signed into law in 2004 creating the New Jersey Commission to Review Criminal Sentencing. This research outlet is composed of key representatives of the criminal justice system, who serve without compensation, and is charged with promoting sound sentencing policy founded on the basic principles of public safety, proportionality and fairness. After conducting empirically-based research, this deliberative body is charged with making recommendations to the Legislature on appropriate amendments to the State's sentencing code.

To honor the death of New Brunswick Deputy Fire Chief Jimmy D'heron, who was killed in the line of duty on September 3, 2004, Barnes also introduced a bill that was signed into law in 2006, which established certain hiring preferences for the children of firefighters and law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. In June 2006, Michael D'heron, Jimmy's son, was hired by the New Brunswick Fire Department. For the Assemblyman's efforts, he was honored by the Professional Firefighters Association of New Jersey.

1997

Following, he served East Brunswick as Director of Public Safety in 1997. He then returned again in 2005. Both times, he served the Township in an unpaid capacity.

1995

Barnes was first elected to the General Assembly in 1995 alongside recently elected Barbara Buono defeating incumbent Republican Jeffrey A. Warsh and his running mate x. Barnes served on the Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee (Chair), the Assembly Regulatory Oversight Committee and the Human Services Committee. During his tenure in the Assembly, Barnes was the primary sponsor of 62 bills that were signed into law.

1993

Barnes remained the Director of Public Safety in Edison until 1993.

1991

Barnes began his public service in 1991 by serving as the Director of Public Safety in Edison, New Jersey. Only six months into his new position, Barnes led the Edison Police Department as it engaged in a two-day hostage standoff with John Arias, a 22-year-old Connecticut man. On June 1, 1991, The New York Times reported that Arias went to the home of his 20-year-old former girlfriend who had recently filed sexual assault charges against him, shot her four times, then locked himself in her Edison home where he killed the woman's mother, 38, and took her 9-year-old brother hostage.

1981

In 1981, Barnes became the Director of Security for the New Jersey Devils Hockey Team where he served until 1995.

1958

In 1958, Barnes was transferred to New Jersey, where he worked at F.B.I. Headquarters in Newark. He would spend the rest of his F.B.I. career in New Jersey, working at the F.B.I. New Brunswick and ending his career in 1980 at F.B.I. Piscataway. While in New Jersey, he was responsible for investigating cases involving white-collar crime, bank robberies, and internal security.

1954

In his first year, 1954, Barnes was assigned to F.B.I. San Francisco, where he served until 1957. During his time there, he investigated cases involving bank robberies, Soviet espionage, and kidnappings. In 1956, he worked on the Stephanie Bryant kidnapping case, which at that time was the most prominent kidnapping case the State of California had ever seen.

1946

Barnes served in the United States Army from 1946 to 1948 as a Private First Class in the Military Police. Barnes received a B.A. from Providence College in Political Science. He has done Post-Baccalaureate work at Kean College in Public Administration. He is also a graduate of the F.B.I. Crime Resistance and Hostage Negotiating Schools and of the F.B.I. Management Training Program.

1928

Peter J. Barnes Jr. (September 12, 1928 – September 11, 2018) was an American Democratic Party politician, who had served as Chairman of the New Jersey State Parole Board from March 2007 to 2010. He previously served in New Jersey's General Assembly from 1996 to 2007, where he represented the 18th legislative district. In the Assembly, he served as the Majority Whip from 2002 to 2007.