William O. Barnard

William O. Barnard
From Volume II (1906) of Hazzard's History of Henry County, Indiana, 1822-1906
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 6th district
In office March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911
Preceded by	James Eli Watson
Succeeded by	Finly Hutchinson Gray
Personal details
Born	William Oscar Barnard (1852-10-25)October 25, 1852 Liberty, Indiana, U.S.
Died	April 8, 1939(1939-04-08) (aged 86) New Castle, Indiana, U.S.
Resting place	Southmound Cemetery
Political party	Republican

William Oscar Barnard (October 25, 1852 – April 8, 1939) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1909 to 1911.

Biography

Born near Liberty, Indiana, Barnard moved with his parents to Dublin, Indiana, in 1854, to Fayette County in 1856, and to Henry County in 1866. He attended the common schools, and Spiceland Academy, Spiceland, Indiana.

Career

He taught school for five years in Henry and Wayne Counties. He was admitted to the Indiana bar, 1876. He served as prosecuting attorney of the eighteenth and fifty-third judicial circuits from 1887 to 1893. He served as judge of the fifty-third judicial circuit court of Indiana from 1896 to 1902.

Congress

Barnard was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-first Congress (March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Sixty-second Congress in 1910.

Later career and death

He resumed the practice of law in New Castle, Indiana.

He died on April 8, 1939, in New Castle, Indiana. He was interred in Southmound Cemetery, New Castle, Indiana.

References

• United States Congress. "William O. Barnard (id: B000155)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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