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White">Stephen M. White</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Frank_P._Flint" class="mw-redirect" title="Frank P. Flint">Frank P. Flint</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">December 8, 1841<br /><a href="/wiki/Chambersburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Chambersburg">Chambersburg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">March 5, 1915 (aged 73)<br /><a href="/wiki/Port_Hueneme" class="mw-redirect" title="Port Hueneme">Port Hueneme</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branch/service</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Union_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Army">Union Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Battles/wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Thomas Robert Bard</b> (December 8, 1841 – March 5, 1915) was an American political leader in <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> who assisted in the organization of <a href="/wiki/Ventura_County,_California" title="Ventura County, California">Ventura County</a> and represented the state in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> from 1900 to 1905 as a <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a>. He is known as the "Father of <a href="/wiki/Port_Hueneme,_California" title="Port Hueneme, California">Port Hueneme</a>" for his efforts in building and expanding the city, as well as the first and <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Hueneme" title="Port of Hueneme">only deep water port</a> in the area. He is one of the founders of the <a href="/wiki/UNOCAL" class="mw-redirect" title="UNOCAL">UNOCAL</a> company. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_R._Bard&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Born in <a href="/wiki/Chambersburg,_Pennsylvania" title="Chambersburg, Pennsylvania">Chambersburg, Pennsylvania</a>, on December 8, 1841, Bard attended the common schools, and graduated from the Chambersburg Academy in 1858. He studied law in school, and before his graduation, he secured a job with <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Railroad" title="Pennsylvania Railroad">Pennsylvania Railroad</a>. Later, he became an assistant to the superintendent of the <a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Valley_Railroad" title="Cumberland Valley Railroad">Cumberland Valley Railroad</a>. Other business ventures included the grain business in <a href="/wiki/Hagerstown,_Maryland" title="Hagerstown, Maryland">Hagerstown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a>. During the early part of the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil War</a>, Bard served as a volunteer Union scout during the invasions of Maryland and Pennsylvania by the Confederates. </p><p>In 1865, Bard arrived in <a href="/wiki/Ventura_County,_California" title="Ventura County, California">Ventura County, California</a>, to develop his uncle <a href="/wiki/Thomas_A._Scott" title="Thomas A. Scott">Thomas A. Scott</a>'s properties in <a href="/wiki/Ojai,_California" title="Ojai, California">Ojai</a>. In 1867, Bard would become the <a href="/wiki/History_of_oil_in_California_through_1930" title="History of oil in California through 1930">first person in California to produce oil from a drilled well</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The official Congressional Directory for 1903 notes that Bard "has engaged in wharving and warehousing, banking, petroleum mining, sheep grazing, and dealing in real estate".<sup id="cite_ref-cd_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cd-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_R._Bard&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:T_R_Bard.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/T_R_Bard.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="200" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="160" data-file-height="200" /></a><figcaption>Senator Thomas R. Bard</figcaption></figure> <p>Thomas R. Bard moved to <a href="/wiki/Ventura_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Ventura County">Ventura County</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, in 1864 and served as a member of the board of supervisors of <a href="/wiki/Santa_Barbara_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Santa Barbara County">Santa Barbara County</a> from 1868 to 1873. In 1871, he was appointed as a commissioner to organize Ventura County. During this time, he purchased and subdivided <a href="/wiki/Rancho_El_Rio_de_Santa_Clara_o_la_Colonia" title="Rancho El Rio de Santa Clara o la Colonia">Rancho El Rio de Santa Clara o la Colonia</a> and laid out the plans for <a href="/wiki/Port_Hueneme" class="mw-redirect" title="Port Hueneme">Port Hueneme</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, the future site of his <a href="/wiki/Berylwood" title="Berylwood">Berylwood</a> estate. </p><p>Bard was the California delegate to the <a href="/wiki/1884_Republican_National_Convention" title="1884 Republican National Convention">1884 Republican National Convention</a>, and later served as the director of the <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> state board of agriculture from 1886 to 1887. In 1887, Bard became a founding board member of <a href="/wiki/Occidental_College" title="Occidental College">Occidental College</a>. Elected as a <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> on <a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_Senate_special_election_in_California" title="1900 United States Senate special election in California">February 6, 1900</a>, to fill a vacancy created by the death of Senator <a href="/wiki/Stephen_M._White" title="Stephen M. White">Stephen M. White</a>, he served until March 3, 1905.<sup id="cite_ref-cd_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cd-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bard was unsuccessful in his 1904 reelection bid. During his term Bard served as the chairman of the Committee of Fisheries (for the Fifty-seventh Congress) and served on the Committee on irrigation (for the Fifty-eighth Congress). One of Thomas R. Bard's notable acts during his time in office was to appoint <a href="/wiki/George_S._Patton" title="George S. Patton">George S. Patton</a> to <a href="/wiki/West_Point" class="mw-redirect" title="West Point">West Point</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family_and_later_life">Family and later life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_R._Bard&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Family and later life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bard_Mansion_view.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Bard_Mansion_view.jpg/220px-Bard_Mansion_view.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Bard_Mansion_view.jpg/330px-Bard_Mansion_view.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Bard_Mansion_view.jpg/440px-Bard_Mansion_view.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5152" data-file-height="3864" /></a><figcaption>Contemporary photo of Bard Mansion on his <a href="/wiki/Berylwood" title="Berylwood">Berylwood</a> estate.</figcaption></figure> <p>Thomas R. Bard became a successful business man, and held profitable interests in several oil companies. Thomas R. Bard and his brother, Dr. <a href="/wiki/Cephas_L._Bard" title="Cephas L. Bard">Cephas Little Bard</a>, established the <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Bard_Memorial_Hospital" title="Elizabeth Bard Memorial Hospital">Elizabeth Bard Memorial Hospital</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ventura,_California" title="Ventura, California">Ventura</a> as a memorial to their mother.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His son, Archibald Philip Bard, became a noted <a href="/wiki/Physiologist" class="mw-redirect" title="Physiologist">physiologist</a> and the dean of <a href="/wiki/Johns_Hopkins_Medical_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Johns Hopkins Medical School">Johns Hopkins Medical School</a>. </p><p>He died at his Berylwood home in <a href="/wiki/Port_Hueneme,_California" title="Port Hueneme, California">Port Hueneme, California</a>, on March 5, 1915, and was interred in the family cemetery on his estate. 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Bard. 2 vols. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1965.</li> <li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Wikisource" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/18px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/24px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="430" /></span></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJohnson1906" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a href="/wiki/Rossiter_Johnson" title="Rossiter Johnson">Johnson, Rossiter</a>, ed. (1906). "<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Biographical_Dictionary_of_America/Bard,_Thomas_Robert" class="extiw" title="s:The Biographical Dictionary of America/Bard, Thomas Robert">Bard, Thomas Robert</a>". <i><a href="/wiki/The_Biographical_Dictionary_of_America" title="The Biographical Dictionary of America">The Biographical Dictionary of America</a></i>. Vol. 1. 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