The Biographical Dictionary of America/Barnard, Isaac D.

​BARNARD, Isaac D., senator, was born at Aston, Pa., July 18, 1789. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and in 1811 studied law at Chester, but soon abandoned Blackstone to fight the British, and distinguished himself at Fort George, Canada, in 1813, and at Lyons Creek in 1814. In 1815 he left the army, studied law, and in 1816 obtained admission to the bar at Winchester, Pa.; the following year he received the appointment of deputy attorney-general, and in 1820 was chosen state senator. He was elected secretary of state for Pennsylvania in 1826, and in 1827 was elected United States senator, holding the seat until 1831, when he resigned. He died Feb. 28. 1834.

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