Samuel Bard (politician)

Samuel Bard (May 18, 1825 – September 18, 1878) was a United States politician, newspaper editor and served briefly as Governor of Idaho Territory.

Biography

Born in New York City, Bard moved to the South in 1845.

Career

Bard served as the elected superintendent of public instruction in Louisiana 1855–1857 and was also a newspaper editor and part-owner of the Memphis Avalanche. Bard served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War in the rank of captain. In 1870, President Ulysses S. Grant appointed Bard Governor of Idaho Territory, and he signed the oath of office, secured a leave of absence to remain in Georgia, and then resigned the office in order to accept appointment as postmaster in Atlanta, Georgia. He later moved to Pensacola, Florida, and then Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he published and edited newspapers.

Death

Bard died in Baton Rouge, Louisiana as a result of yellow fever.

See also

References

External links

The Papers of Andrew Johnson Volume 9, September 1865 - January 1866

Idaho Historical Society

1825 births

1878 deaths

Politicians from New York City

People of Louisiana in the American Civil War

Editors of Louisiana newspapers

Louisiana politicians

Georgia (U.S. state) politicians

Governors of Idaho Territory

Northern-born Confederates

Confederate States Army officers

Deaths from yellow fever

Louisiana State Superintendents of Education

19th-century American politicians

Infectious disease deaths in Louisiana

Educators from New York City

19th-century American educators

Georgia (U.S. state) postmasters

Editors of Florida newspapers

19th-century American newspaper editors