Guy Bard
Guy Kurtz Bard (1895-1953) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
He received a recess appointment from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on December 20, 1939, to a seat vacated by Oliver Booth Dickinson;[1] he was nominated on April 4, 1940, confirmed by the Senate on April 24, 1940, and received his commission on April 29th. He resigned on July 16, 1952. Bard was succeeded in this position by Francis Van Dusen. Bard passed away on November 23, 1953.
Early life and education
- Franklin and Marshall College, A.B., 1916
- University of Pennsylvania Law School, LL B, 1922
Professional career
- School teacher, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1911-1912
- Principal, Warwick Township High School, Lititz, Pennsylvania, 1913-1915
- Supervising principal, Ephrata, Pennsylvania Schools, 1916-1918
- U.S. Army, 1918-1919
- Secretary, Democratic Committee of Lancaster County, 1920-1924
- Private practice, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1922-1939
- Chairman, Democratic Committee of Lancaster County, 1925-1934
- Special assistant to the U.S. attorney general, 1934-1937
- U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1937
- Member, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, 1937-1938
- State attorney general, Pennsylvania, 1938-1939
- Private practice, Pennsylvania, 1952-1953
Judicial nominations and appointments
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Bard received a recess appointment from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on December 20, 1939, to a seat vacated by Oliver Booth Dickinson; he was nominated on April 4, 1940, confirmed by the Senate on April 24, 1940, and received his commission on April 29th.[1] He resigned on July 16, 1952. Bard was succeeded in this position by Francis Van Dusen.
External links
- Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Oliver Booth Dickinson |
Eastern District of Pennsylvania 1940–1952 Seat #3T |
Succeeded by: Francis Van Dusen
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| 1933 |
Bell • Bratton • Donohoe • FitzHenry • Garrecht • Keefe • Ragon • Stone • Woodrough | ||
| 1934 |
Allen • Bowen • Holly • Hulbert • Long • Major • Myers • Rippey • Sullivan | ||
| 1935 |
Baldwin • Denman • Faris • Ford • Hamilton • Haney • Holmes • Mahoney • Martin • Mathews • McDuffie • Moore • Roche • A. L. Stephens • H. M. Stephens • Sweeney • Yankwich | ||
| 1936 |
Abruzzo • Clancy • Davidson • Davis • Holland • Lederle • Leibell • Ling • Mandelbaum • Maris • Pollard • Thomas • Underwood | ||
| 1937 |
Adair • Biggs • Black • Burke • Collet • Druffel • Edgerton • Groner • Healy • Jackson • Jenney • Kloeb • Major • McColloch • Miller • Mize • Murrah • Rice • Stephens • Sullivan • Swinford • Treanor • Trimble • Vinson • Watkins • Williams • Wyche | ||
| 1938 |
Clark • Conger • Ford • Hamilton • Laws • Maris • McCord • Murphree • Reed | ||
| 1939 |
Allred • Arant • Beaumont • Biddle • Black • Clark • Darr • Davies • Dobie • Douglas • Duffy • Frankfurter • Goldsborough • Huxman • Igoe • Jones • Kalodner • Kerner, Sr. • Lemley • Lumpkin • Magruder • Miller • Morris • Picard • Porterie • Roberts • Rutledge • Walker • Welsh • Whaley • Whitaker • Wilkin | ||
| 1940 |
Bard • Barker • Barksdale • Boyd • Broaddus • Caillouet • Campbell • Dobie • Ganey • Goodrich • Harrison • Hartigan • Johnsen • Jones • Leamy • Mahoney • Martin • Murphy • Murrah • O'Connor • Oliver • Pine • Russell • Savage • Schwellenbach • Walker • Waller | ||
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| 1941 |
Bright • Byrnes • Eicher • Frank • Freed • Healey • Jackson • Leahy • Leavy • Lovett • Madden • McAllister • McGuire • Miller • Minton • Moore • Riddick • Rifkind • J. Smith • W. Smith • Stone • Timmerman • Vogel • Waring • Woodbury • Wyzanski | ||
| 1942 |
Brennan • Cole • Delehant • Ekwall • Goodman • Hall • Hannay • Keeling • Meaney | ||
| 1943 |
Arnold • Chandler • Clark • Duncan • Helvering • Hulen • Lawrence • Lee • McLaughlin • Mullins • Rutledge • Swygert • Waller | ||
| 1944 |
Bone • Connor • Graven • Hutcheson • Kennedy • LaBuy • O'Connell • Schweinhaut • Shaw | ||
| 1945 | |||
