David Bard
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American politician
David Bard (1744 – March 12, 1815) was a
Princeton College (New Jersey
) in 1773.
He studied
Presbyterian ministry at Lower Conotheague in 1779, and was a missionary in Virginia and west of the Allegheny Mountains. From 1786 to 1789, he was a pastor at Bedford, Pennsylvania, and later at Frankstown (now Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania
).
Bard was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fourth and Fifth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1795, to March 3, 1799.
He was elected as a Republican to the Eighth and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1803, until his death in Alexandria, Pennsylvania. He was interred in Sinking Valley Cemetery, near the hamlet of Arch Spring.
See also
References
- United States Congress. "David Bard (id: B000137)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- The Political Graveyard
U.S. House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by At large on a General ticket:
Thomas Fitzsimons James Armstrong Peter G. Muhlenberg Andrew Gregg Frederick A.C. Muhlenberg Daniel Hiester William Irvine William Findley John Smilie and William Montgomery |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district 1795–1799 |
Succeeded by |
Preceded by Robert Brown |
Member of the John Andre Hanna
1805–1813 alongside Robert Whitehill |
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Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district 1813–1815 |
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