Background
Gard, Spencer Agassiz was born on June 24, 1898 in Iola, Kansas, United States. Son of Samuel Arnold and Louisa (Irel) Gard.
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Spencer Agassiz Gard, American lawyer, former judge. Bar: Missouri bar 1922, Kansas bar 1942. Recipient Distinguished Alumnus citation University Kansas School Law, 1968, Distinguished Service in Administration of Justice award Kansas Judges Association, 1974, Distinguished Service award Kansas Bar Association, 1975, Justinian award Johnson County Bar Association, 1978; Order of Smiling Bull award Leavenworth County Bar Association, 1986.
Education
Bachelor of Laws, University Kansas, 1922. Juris Doctor, University Kansas, 1968.
Career
Practiced in, Kansas City, 1922-1942; practiced in, Iola, 1942-1950; judge, 37th Kansas Judicial District, Iola, 1950-1969; county attorney, Allen County, Kansas, 1943-1947; faculty, National College State Trial Judges U. Colorado, 1964.
Achievements
Politics
All human life is sacred and created by God and therefore, we must see all human life as significant and valuable. When governments implement the death penalty, then the life of the convicted person is devalued and all possibility of change in that person’s life ends.
Views
All persons, regardless of age, gender, marital status, or sexual orientation, are entitled to have their human and civil rights ensured and to be protected against violence.
Membership
Vice president Kansas City Area council Boy Scouts American, 1941. Member National Conference Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, 1947-1962. Chairman special committee which drafted Kansas Code Civil Procedure, 1963.
Member Kansas House of Representatives, 1947, Kansas Senate, 1949. Nominated for Kansas Supreme Court, 1964, special commissioner, 1972-1976. Fellow American Bar Foundation.
Member American Bar. Association, Order of Coif, Scribes.
Connections
Son of Samuel Arnold and Louisa (Irel) G. M. Marjorie P. Garlinghouse, September 27, 1924. 1 daughter, Amy Lou (Mistress Jack Brazil).
Awards
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Recipient Distinguished Alumnus citation University Kansas School Law, 1968, Distinguished Service in Administration of Justice award Kansas Judges Association, 1974, Distinguished Service award Kansas Bar Association, 1975, Justinian award Johnson County Bar Association, 1978. Order of Smiling Bull award Leavenworth County Bar Association, 1986.Recipient Distinguished Alumnus citation University Kansas School Law, 1968, Distinguished Service in Administration of Justice award Kansas Judges Association, 1974, Distinguished Service award Kansas Bar Association, 1975, Justinian award Johnson County Bar Association, 1978. Order of Smiling Bull award Leavenworth County Bar Association, 1986.