Martin D. Hardin

Martin D. Hardin

Martin D. Hardin (* 21st June 1780 in Pennsylvania , †  8. October 1823 in Frankfort , Kentucky ) was an American politician of the Federalist Party , of the state of Kentucky in the US Senate represented.

Martin Hardin was born in western Pennsylvania near the Monongahela River ; his father John was an officer in the Continental Army . In 1786 his parents moved with him to Kentucky, where he began an academic education and attended Transylvania Seminary in Lexington . He then studied law , was admitted to the bar and began practicing law in Richmond and Frankfort. Hardin was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1806 to 1806 and again in 1812 . During the British-American War of 1812 he served with the rank of major in the army. He then returned to politics and served as Secretary of State of Kentucky from 1812 to 1816 .

After the resignation of US Senator William T. Barry Hardin was appointed his successor in Congress ; immediately thereafter, the Kentucky Parliament confirmed him in that mandate. He only stayed in Washington from November 13, 1816 to March 3, 1817 , before returning to Kentucky, where he was again in the state parliament from 1818 to 1820. From 1819 he held the office of speaker .

Hardin died in Frankfort in 1823 and was buried on his Franklin County farm . His cousin Benjamin Hardin was a member of the United States House of Representatives for Kentucky, and his son John represented the state of Illinois there .

Web links

• Martin D. Hardin in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Martin D. Hardin in the database of Find a Grave (English)