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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—KentuckyBenjamin HARDIN
(1784-1852)
HARDIN, Benjamin, (cousin
of Martin Davis Hardin), a Representative from Kentucky; born at
the Georges Creek settlement on the Monongahela River, Westmoreland
County, Pa., February 29, 1784; moved with his parents to
Washington County, Ky., in 1788; attended the schools of Nelson and
Washington Counties, Ky.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in
1806 and commenced practice in Elizabethtown and Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky.; settled in Bardstown in 1808; member of the State
house of representatives in 1810, 1811, 1824, and 1825; served in
the State senate 1828-1832; elected as a Republican to the
Fourteenth Congress (March 4, 1815-March 3, 1817); reelected as a
Republican to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses (March 4,
1819-March 3, 1823); elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the
Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1833-March 3,
1837); secretary of state of Kentucky 1844-1847; member of the
State constitutional convention in 1849; died in Bardstown, Ky.,
September 24, 1852; interment in the family burying ground near
Springfield, Ky.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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