Aaron Harding

Aaron Harding(February 20, 1805 – December 24, 1875), Also known as Aaron Hardin, was aUnited States representativefromKentuckyand aslaveholder.^[1]He was born nearCampbellsville,in what is nowGreen County,where he attended rural schools. He became familiar with the classics, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1833, having commenced his practice inGreensburg,Kentucky. On October 22, 1834, he married Margaret Campbell (November 28, 1818 – February 19, 1858), the niece ofCampbellsvillefounder Andrew Campbell.^[2]

Harding was elected prosecuting attorney of Green County in 1833. He was member of theKentucky House of Representativesin 1840 and was elected as aUnionistto theThirty-seventhandThirty-eighthCongresses and as aDemocratto theThirty-ninth Congress(March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1867).^[3]He was a delegate to theUnion National Conventionin 1866. After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law inDanville,Kentucky. He died inGeorgetown,Kentucky, in 1875 and was interred at Georgetown Cemetery there.

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^Weil, Julie Zauzmer; Blanco, Adrian; Dominguez, Leo (January 20, 2022)."More than 1,700 congressmen once enslaved Black people. This is who they were, and how they shaped the nation".Washington Post.RetrievedJanuary 30,2022.
^Taylor County History: Volume One.pp. 32–33.
^"Aaron Harding, former Representative for Kentucky's 4th Congressional District".GovTrack.us.

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