Background
Bard was born the son of Silas E. and Miranda S. Kurtz.
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Guy Kurtz Bard
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Education
He graduated from Millersville State Normal School, and Franklin and Marshall College in 1916.
Career
He was a school teacher and principal in Lancaster County schools. Bard served in the United States Army at the end of World War I, from 1918-1919, and he then returned to school and received an Bachelor of Laws from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1922. He was a lawyer in private practice in Lancaster, Pennsylvania from 1922 to 1939 and served as chair of the Lancaster County Democratic Party, from 1925-1934.
In 1930, Bard was a candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, and was a Pennsylvania delegate to the 1932 Democratic National Convention.
He became the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1937, but resigned almost immediately to become a commissioner for the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission. He then served as Attorney General from 1938-1939.
On December 20, 1939, Bard received a recess appointment from President Franklin Doctorate. Roosevelt to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania vacated by Oliver Dickinson. Formally nominated on April 4, 1940, Bard was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 24, 1940, and received commission on April 29, 1940.
Bard resigned from the court on July 16, 1952 to run for the United States. Senate.
Unsuccessful in that effort, Bard returned to private practice until his death the following year. Bard is interred at Fairview Cemetery, Denver, Pennsylvania. is given at Millersville University to a senior political science major in even-numbered years and to a senior history major in odd-numbered years for outstanding ability in political science and history. The Guy K Bard Educational Fund is a non-profit organization, based in Ephrata.
The Guy K Bard Democratic Club is based in Ephrata.
Bard Hall at Millersville University is named after him.
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