US Harding, Stephen Selwyn - Governor, UT

Stephen Selwyn Harding
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Born: February 24, 1808

Birthplace: Palmyra, New York

Father: David E. Harding 1768 – 1837
(Buried: Old Milan Cemetery, Milan, Indiana)​

Mother: Abigail Brown 1777 – 1857
(Buried: Old Milan Cemetery, Milan, Indiana)​

Wife: Avoline Sprout 1811 – 1893
(Buried: Greendale Cemetery, Greendale, Indiana)​

Married: October 31, 1830 in Chautauqua County, New York

Children:

Selwyn Stephen Harding 1831 – 1913​
(Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate, Kentucky)​
Attilius C. Harding 1836 – 1837​
(Buried: Old Milan Cemetery, Milan, Indiana)​
Attilla L. Harding 1836 – 1914​
(Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah)​
Mucidora “Musa” Harding Hillis 1840 – 1903​
(Buried: Greendale Cemetery, Greendale, Indiana)​
Anastasia “Anna” Harding Connelly 1842 – 1906​
(Buried: South Park Cemetery, Greensburg, Indiana)​

Political Party: Whig Party, Liberty Party, Peoples Party, Free Soil Party, Republican Party

Occupation before War:


Attorney in Richmond, Indiana​

Took a steamboat from Louisville, Kentucky, to New Orleans, Louisiana
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Unable to find employment as an Attorney in the south.​
Clerk on the steamboat Belvedere on the Mississippi River​
Became an abolitionist after witnessing the slave trade in New Orleans.​
Attorney in Versailles, Indiana​
Anti – Slavery Speaker around the state of Indiana.​
1842: Unsuccessful Candidate for Lt. Governor of Indiana​
1844: Liberty Party Presidential Elector​
1846: Unsuccessful Candidate for Lt. Governor of Indiana​
1848: Indiana Delegate to Free–Soil Party National Convention.​
1852: Free Soil Party Presidential Elector​
1854: Speaker and Leader at People’s Party meeting​
Member of Indiana State Republican Party Committee​

Civil War Career:

1862 – 1863: Governor of Utah Territory​
As Governor he had conflicts with the Mormon Leaders.​
Issued blanket pardon for Morristies in the Mormon War.​
Critical of Mormon Leaders and the act of Polygamy​
1862: Defended the Anti–polygamy Act in his first speech.​
1863: The Mormon citizens called for President Lincoln to dismiss Harding.​
1863: Resigned as Governor of Utah Territory​
1863: Resigned as U.S. Consul to Valparaiso Chile due to wife’s health.​
1863 – 1865: Chief Justice of Colorado Territory​
1865: responsible for certifying results of ballots to request Statehood for Colorado Territory.​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1881: Attorney and Businessman in Indiana​
1881 – 1891: Suffered from the effects of blindness.​
1882: Wrote a letter in The Prophet of Palmyra

Died: February 12, 1891

Place of Death: Milan, Indiana

Age at time of Death: 82 years old

Burial Place: Greendale Cemetery, Greendale, Indiana
 
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