Benjamin Franklin Harding
Born: January 4, 1823
Birthplace: Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania
Father: Elisha Harding 1790 – 1874
(Buried: Old Brick Church Cemetery, Easton Township, Pennsylvania)
Mother: Amy Jenkins 1795 – 1831
(Buried: Old Brick Church Cemetery, Easton Township, Pennsylvania)
1st Wife: Eliza Cox 1829 – 1867
(Buried: Cox Cemetery, Jefferson, Oregon)
2nd Wife: Sally M. Bush 1831 – 1873
(Buried: Fairfield Cemetery, Gervais, Oregon)
Children:
Frances M. "Fanny" Harding 1852 – 1872
(Buried: Fairfield Cemetery, Gervais, Oregon)
Malcolm J. Harding 1855 – 1871
(Buried: Fairfield Cemetery, Gervais, Oregon)
Ella Harding 1858 – 1882
(Buried: Fairfield Cemetery, Gervais, Oregon)
Elizabeth Harding 1862 – 1867
(Buried: Cox Cemetery, Jefferson, Oregon)
Political Party: Democratic Party
Occupation before War:
1847 – 1849: Attorney in Joliet, Illinois
1849 – 1850: Attorney in California
1850 – 1861: Attorney in Oregon
1850 – 1851: Member of Oregon Territory Legislature
1852: Speaker of Oregon Territory Legislature
1853: United States District Attorney for Oregon Territory
1854 – 1859: Secretary of Oregon Territory
1858 – 1862: Oregon State Representative
1860 – 1861: Speaker of Oregon State House of Representatives
Civil War Career:
1858 – 1862: Oregon State Representative
Elected as U.S. Senator to fill unexpired term of U.S. Senator, Baker
1862 – 1865: United States Senator from Oregon
1862 – 1865: Missed 497 of 844 roll call votes in U.S. Senate
1862 – 1865: Member of Senate Committee Audit Expenses
1862 – 1865: Member of Senate Committee on Public Lands
1865: Didn't sign the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
Occupation after War:
Farmer at Salem, Oregon, and Cottage Grove, Oregon
Died: June 16, 1899
Place of Death: Cottage Grove, Oregon
Age at time of Death: 76 years old
Burial Place: Fir Grove Cemetery Cottage Grove Oregon
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