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William Oscar Barnard

Republican Representative of Indiana's 6th district

  • Representative

    Indiana, district 6

    March 15, 1909 - March 3, 1911

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Congresses Served

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House Terms

October 25, 1852 (86 years old)

Birthday

April 8, 1939

Death

  • Served one term as a U.S. Representative from Indiana (1909-1911)
  • Moved several times during childhood within Indiana
  • Attended common schools and Spiceland Academy
  • Taught school for five years in Henry and Wayne Counties
  • Admitted to the Indiana bar in 1876
  • Served as prosecuting attorney and later as judge in Indiana’s judicial circuits
  • Unsuccessful in reelection bid for Congress in 1910
  • Resumed law practice in New Castle, Indiana after leaving Congress
  • Died in 1939 and was interred in Southmound Cemetery, New Castle, Indiana