William O. Barnard | |
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.jpg) From Volume II (1906) ofHazzard's History of Henry County, Indiana, 1822-1906 | |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromIndiana's6th 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 aU.S. Representative fromIndiana from 1909 to 1911.
Born nearLiberty, Indiana, Barnard moved with his parents toDublin, Indiana, in 1854, to Fayette County in 1856, and to Henry County in 1866.He attended the common schools, and Spiceland Academy,Spiceland, Indiana.
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.
Barnard was elected as aRepublican to theSixty-first Congress (March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to theSixty-second Congress in 1910.
He resumed the practice of law inNew Castle, Indiana.
He died on April 8, 1939, inNew Castle, Indiana.He was interred in Southmound Cemetery,New Castle, Indiana.
This article incorporatespublic domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromIndiana's 6th congressional district 1909–1911 | Succeeded by |
