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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaAlexander Merrill HARDY
(1847-1927)
HARDY, Alexander Merrill,
a Representative from Indiana; born in Simcoe, Norfolk County,
Ontario, Canada, December 16, 1847; pursued a college course and
studied law; came to the United States in 1864, taking a commercial
course at Eastman College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; went to New Orleans
in 1869, where he engaged in newspaper work until 1873, when he
moved to Natchez, Miss.; conducted a Republican newspaper until
1877; collector of the port of Natchez under appointment of
President Grant; moved to Washington, Daviess County, Ind., in
1884; was admitted to the bar in 1884 and commenced practice in
Terre Haute, Ind.; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth
Congress (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1897); unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress; resumed the
practice of law in Washington, Ind.; moved to Los Angeles, Calif.,
in 1904 and continued the practice of law; moved to Searchlight,
Nev., thence to Salt Lake City, Utah, and finally settled in
Tonopah, Nev., in 1914 and engaged in the practice of his
profession; was also interested in mining; died in Tonopah, Nev.,
on August 31, 1927; interment in Tonopah Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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