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Barnes Compton (16 November 1830 – 2 December 1898) was a planter and politician born in Port Tobacco Charles County Maryland and orphaned as a child. In 1851 Compton took control of his numerous estates becoming wealthy and the second largest slaveholder in Maryland. He was elected as a state representative before the Civil War and as speaker of the state house.After the war Compton continued to be active in Democratic Party politics.
