Orson Flagg Bullard
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Orson Flagg Bullard | |
|---|---|
| Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Delaware County | |
| In office 1873–1874 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Valentine Cooper[1] |
| Succeeded by | William Cooper Talley |
| Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Delaware County | |
| In office 1877–1878 | |
| Preceded by | William Cooper Talley |
| Succeeded by | Young Singleton Walter |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 18, 1834 |
| Died | July 19, 1906 (aged 72) Hackensack, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Resting place | Media Cemetery, Upper Providence Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Party | Republican |
Orson Flagg Bullard (June 18, 1834 - July 19, 1906) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for Delaware County from 1873 to 1875 and from 1877 to 1878. He was expelled from the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for embezzlement and escaping the custody of the sergeant-at-arms of the House.
Bullard was born in Bridgewater Township, Pennsylvania, he attended public schools and completed his education at the academy at Montrose.[2]
In 1863, Bullard enlisted in Company C of the 29th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry and served as a sergeant.[3] He participated in several skirmishes around the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.[2]
In 1855, Bullard began studying law under John Martin Broomall. He also worked as a principal of a boys' grammar school in Chester, Pennsylvania but quit after one year to study law full time. In 1859, he was admitted to the Delaware County bar and in 1874 to the Philadelphia bar and to practice in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.[2]