William Oscar Barnard was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from Indiana

Indiana

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Born near Liberty, Indiana

Liberty, Indiana

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, Barnard moved with his parents to Dublin, Indiana

Dublin, Indiana

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, in 1854, to Fayette County in 1856, and to Henry County in 1866.
He attended the common schools, and Spiceland Academy, Spiceland, Indiana

Spiceland, Indiana

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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 a Republican

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 to the Sixty-first

61st United States Congress

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 Congress (March 4, 1909-March 3, 1911).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Sixty-second

62nd United States Congress

- House of Representatives :* Democratic : 230 * Republican : 162* Socialist : 1* Independent : 1TOTAL members: 394-Senate:* President: James S...

 Congress in 1910.
He resumed the practice of law in New Castle, Indiana

New Castle, Indiana

As of the census of 2000, there were 17,780 people, 7,462 households, and 4,805 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,987.5 people per square mile . There were 8,042 housing units at an average density of 1,351.3 per square mile...

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He died on April 8, 1939, in New Castle, Indiana

New Castle, Indiana

As of the census of 2000, there were 17,780 people, 7,462 households, and 4,805 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,987.5 people per square mile . There were 8,042 housing units at an average density of 1,351.3 per square mile...

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He was interred in Southmound Cemetery, New Castle, Indiana

New Castle, Indiana

As of the census of 2000, there were 17,780 people, 7,462 households, and 4,805 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,987.5 people per square mile . There were 8,042 housing units at an average density of 1,351.3 per square mile...

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