Abner C. Harding

Abner C. Harding

Abner Clark Harding (born February 10, 1807 in East Hampton , Connecticut , †  July 19, 1874 in Monmouth , Illinois ) was an American politician . Between 1865 and 1869 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Abner Harding attended Hamilton Academy in Clinton ( New York ). After a subsequent law degree and his admission to the bar, he began to work in Oneida County in around 1827 in this profession. In 1838 he moved his residence and his office to Monmouth, Illinois. In his new home he also embarked on a political career. In 1848 he was a delegate to a meeting to revise the Illinois Constitution; between 1848 and 1850 he was a member of the House of Representatives of this state. He later became a member of the Republican Party founded in 1854 . During the civil war he rose to the position of brigadier general in the Union army .

In the congressional elections of 1864 Harding was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of Illinois , where he succeeded Charles M. Harris on March 4, 1865 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1869 . From 1865 to 1867 he headed the militia committee. During his time in Congress, the Civil War ended. Since 1865, the work of Congress has been marked by tension between the Republican Party and President Andrew Johnson , culminating in a narrowly unsuccessful impeachment trial.

In 1868 Abner Harding declined to run again. After his time in the US House of Representatives, he worked in banking and railroad construction. He died on July 19, 1874 in Monmouth, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Abner C. Harding in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Abner C. Harding in the database of Find a Grave (English)