The Biographical Dictionary of America/Bard, Thomas Robert

BARD, Thomas Robert, senator, was born at Chambersburg, Pa., Dec. 8, 1841; son of Robert M. Bard. He was graduated at Chambersburg academy in 1859; studied law and became transportation agent for the Cumberland Valley railroad at Hagerstown, Md. He removed to California in 1865, to take charge of the landed interests of Col. Thomas A. Scott, and became largely interested in the development of real estate and the oil industry in Ventura county. He was elected to the U. S. senate as a Republican, Feb. 8, 1900, for the term ending 1905.