US Con Harding, Aaron - U.S. Congressman, KY

Aaron Harding
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Born: February 20, 1805

Birthplace: Campbellsville, Kentucky

Father: Private Thomas Harding 1759 – 1840
(Buried: Lingeman Cemetery, Brownsburg, Indiana)​

Mother: Sarah Payne 1765 – 1844
(Buried: Lingeman Cemetery, Brownsburg, Indiana)​

1st​ Wife: Margaret Campbell 1818 – 1858
(Buried: Georgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Kentucky)​

Married: October 22, 1834 in Green County, Kentucky

2nd​ Wife: Sarah “Sallie” Harding 1829 – 1906
(Buried: Georgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Kentucky)​

Children:

Martha Louise “Mattie” Harding McDonald 1839 – 1909​
(Buried: Georgetown Cemetery Georgetown Kentucky)​
Captain John “Jack” Harding 1843 – 1915​
(Buried: Dutch Tract Cemetery Pleasureville Kentucky)​
Samuel Harding 1845 – 1903​
(Buried: Bellevue Cemetery Danville Kentucky)​
Sarah “Sallie” Harding Gentry 1849 – 1926​
(Buried: Bellevue Cemetery Danville Kentucky)​
Robert Harding 1852 – 1923​
(Buried: Bellevue Cemetery Danville Kentucky)​

Political Party:

1861 – 1865: Member of the Unionist Party

1865 – 1875: Member of the Democratic Party

Occupation before War:


1833 – 1861: Attorney in Greensburg, Kentucky​
Green County, Kentucky, Prosecuting Attorney​
1840: Kentucky State Representative​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1867: United States Congressman from Kentucky​
1861 – 1863: Member of House Territories Committee​
1863–1865: Member of House Post Offices and Post Roads Committee​
1865–1867: Ranking Member House Banking and Currency Committee​
1865 – 1867: Member of House Invalid Pensions Committee​
1865 – 1867: Member of House Manufactures Committee​
1865: Voted nay on the vote for the 13th​ Amendment to Constitution.​

Occupation after War:

1866: Kentucky Delegate to Union National Convention​
1866: Choose not to be a candidate for reelection to U.S. Congress.​
1867 – 1875: Attorney in Danville, Kentucky​

Died: December 24, 1875

Place of Death: Georgetown, Kentucky

Age at time of Death: 70 years old

Burial Place: Georgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Kentucky
 
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