<prompt> Feleletša polelo e latelago: Kua Jacksonville, Barnes o ile a thoma go tšea karolo ka mafolofolo dipolitiking tša mokgatlo wa Democratic. Go tloga ka 1865 go fihla ka 1885, e be e le moemedi kopanong ya mmušo ya mokgatlo. Barnes e be e le moemedi wa kopano ya molaotheo ya Illinois ka 1870 gomme a emela Morgan County ka Illinois General Assembly, ka Illinois House of Representatives, ka 1872. O ile a ba a emela Illinois dikopanong tša 1876,  <response>: Kopano ya Setšhaba ya Democratic ya 1880, le ya 1884. 