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Hardin, Benjamin, 1784-1852

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Personal name headingHardin, Benjamin, 1784-1852
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Variant(s)Hardin, Ben. (Benjamin), 1784-1852
Hardin, Mr. (Benjamin), 1784-1852
Associated countryUnited States
LocatedSpringfield (Ky.) Elizabethtown (Ky.) Bardstown (Ky.)
Birth date1784-02-29
Death date1852-09-24
Place of birthWestmoreland County (Pa.)
Place of deathBardstown (Ky.)
AffiliationKentucky. General Assembly.
Profession or occupationLawyers Legislators
Found inHis Speech of the Hon. Ben Hardin, 1834.
Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress, 1989 (Hardin, Benjamin; representative from Ky.; admitted to the bar 1806; member of the Kentucky House and Senate; secretary of state in Ky.; b. 2/29/1784 at Westmoreland Co., Pa.; d. 9/24/1852 at Bardstown, Ky.)
Levin, H. The lawyers and lawmakers of Kentucky, 1982: p. 196 (Benjamin Hardin; 1844 became secretary of state but resigned Feb. 1847; b. 1784; d. 9/24/1852)
Little, L.P. Ben Hardin, 1887: p. 13 (Benjamin Hardin, so christened for his father; b. 2/29/1784 at Westmoreland Co., Pa.)
MWA/NAIP files (hdg.: Hardin, Benjamin, 1784-1852; usage: Ben. Hardin; Ben Hardin; Mr. Hardin)
Kentucky encyclopedia, ©1992: page 401 ("Benjamin Hardin, Jr." family moved to Springfield when he was four; practiced law in Elizabethtown beginning in 1806; moved to Bardstown in 1808, where he lived for the rest of his life. Served four years in each house of the Kentucky legislature and five terms in the U. S. House of Representatives between March 4, 1815 and March 3, 1837.)
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