Cecil M. Harden

Cecil M. Harden

Cecil Murray Harden (born November 21, 1894 in Covington , Fountain County , Indiana , †  December 5, 1984 in Lafayette , Indiana) was an American politician . Between 1949 and 1959 she represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Cecil Harden was the daughter of Timothy James Murray (1862-1935) and his wife Sarah Jane Clotfelter Murray (1864-1943). She graduated from Covington Public School in 1912 and studied at Indiana University in Bloomington . Then she worked as a teacher. Politically she was close to the Republican Party , of which she became a member. Between 1944 and 1959 and again from 1964 to 1972 she was a member of the Republican National Committee . In 1948, 1952, 1956 and 1968 she was a delegate to the respective Republican National Conventions .

In the 1948 congressional election , Harden was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the sixth constituency of Indiana , where she succeeded Noble J. Johnson on January 3, 1949 . After four re-elections, she was able to complete five terms in Congress by January 3, 1959 . These were shaped by the events of the Cold War , the Korean War and the civil rights movement . In 1958, Cecil Harden was not re-elected.

Between 1959 and 1961 she worked as a women's representative for the Federal Post Office. In 1972 and 1973 she was a member of a White House advisory committee that dealt with aging issues.

Cecil Harden died in Lafayette on December 5, 1984 at the age of 90; her grave is in Mount Hope Cemetery, Covington. She was married to Frost Revere Harden (1889-1965). They had a son, Murray Eugene Harden (1915–1989).

The Cecil M. Harden Lake in Rockville is named after her.

Web links

• Cecil M. Harden in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)