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Back home in Beaufort, Barnwell was elected to the South Carolina house of representatives for 1787-1788.

He was a delegate representing South Carolina in the Confederation Congress in 1788 and 1789.

He was returned to the state house for terms in 1790-1791, and 1794 – 1801, and in 1795 he served as speaker of that house.