Newhard was born in
Allentown, Pennsylvania. He is credited with opening the
hardware store in Allentown in 1812. He served as street commissioner of the borough of Allentown in 1812, and
coroner of
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in 1816 and 1817. He was elected to the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1817, 1818, 1819, 1824, 1825, and 1829, the term then being one year. He was a member of the
Pennsylvania State Senate for the
12th district from 1833 to 1836. He served as chairman of the town council in 1824 and again in 1837. Newhard was elected as a Democrat to the
Twenty-sixth and
Twenty-seventh Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in
1842. He served as burgess in 1843 and trustee of Allentown Academy in 1822, 1826, and 1843. He died in Allentown in 1860. ==Notes==