Benjamin Hardin | |
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| 27th Secretary of State of Kentucky | |
| In office September 4, 1844 – September 6, 1848 | |
| Governor | William Owsley |
| Preceded by | James Harlan |
| Succeeded by | George B. Kinkead |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 7th district | |
| In office March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 | |
| Preceded by | John Adair |
| Succeeded by | John Pope |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 10th district | |
| In office March 4, 1815 – March 4, 1817 March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1823 | |
| Preceded by | William Pope Duval Thomas Speed |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Speed Francis Johnson |
| Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives | |
| In office 1828–1832 | |
| Member of the Kentucky Senate | |
| In office 1810–1811 1824–1825 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 29, 1784 Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, US |
| Died | September 24, 1852 (aged 68) Bardstown, Kentucky, US |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican National Republican |
| Relations | Father-in-law of John L. Helm Cousin of Martin Davis Hardin Cousin of Charles A. Wickliffe |
| Profession | Lawyer |
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Benjamin Hardin (February 29, 1784 – September 24, 1852) was a United States representative from Kentucky. Martin Davis Hardin was his cousin.
Biography
Hardin was born at the Georges Creek settlement on the Monongahela River, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania and then moved with his parents to Washington County, Kentucky in 1788. He attended the schools of Nelson and Washington Counties, Kentucky before studying law. Admitted to the bar in 1806, he commenced practice in Elizabethtown and Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentucky, and then settled in Bardstown, Kentucky in 1808. He owned slaves.[1]
Hardin was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1810, 1811, 1824, and 1825 and served in the Kentucky Senate 1828–1832. He was elected as a Republican to the Fourteenth Congress (March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817) and reelected as a Republican to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses (March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1823). He was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837).
After leaving Congress, Hardin served as the Secretary of State of Kentucky 1844–1847. He served as a member of the Kentucky constitutional convention in 1849.
Death and interment
Hardin died in Bardstown, Kentucky in 1852 and was buried in the family burying ground near Springfield, Kentucky.
References
- ↑ "Congress slaveowners", The Washington Post, 2022-01-19, retrieved 2022-07-10
- United States Congress. "Benjamin Hardin (id: H000184)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Allen, William B. (1872). A History of Kentucky: Embracing Gleanings, Reminiscences, Antiquities, Natural Curiosities, Statistics, and Biographical Sketches of Pioneers, Soldiers, Jurists, Lawyers, Statesmen, Divines, Mechanics, Farmers, Merchants, and Other Leading Men, of All Occupations and Pursuits. Bradley & Gilbert. pp. 370. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
- Little, Lucius P. (1887). Ben Hardin: His Times and Contemporaries, with Selections from His Speeches. Courier-journal job printing company. Retrieved 2009-02-01.