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Martin D. Hardin, son of John Hardin, lawyer, born on Monongahela river, Pennsylvania, 21 June, 1780; died in Frankfort, Kentucky, 8 October, 1823, was educated in the Transylvania academy, Kentucky, where he removed with his father at six years of age. He studied law, practised in Franklin county, served several terms in the legislature, and in 1812 was secretary of the state. When war was declared with Great Britain he joined the northwestern division of the army under General Harrison, and was promoted major of the Kentucky regiment of volunteers. In 1816 he was elected to the United States senate as a Democrat to fill the unexpired term of William T. Barry, who had resigned. He was distinguished for legal knowledge and ability, and practised his profession with marked success, he published "Reports of Cases in the Kentucky Court of Appeals" (Louisville, 1810).
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl ?index=H000186): HARDIN, Martin D, 1780-1823 Senate Years of Service: 1816-1817 Party: Federalist (cousin of Benjamin Hardin and father of John J. Hardin), a Senator from Kentucky; born along the Monongahela River, western Pennsylvania, June 21, 1780; moved with his parents to Kentucky in 1786; pursued an academic course; attended Transylvania Seminary, Lexington, Ky.; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced in Richmond and Frankfort, Ky.; member, State house of representatives 1805-1806, 1812, 1818-1820, serving as speaker 1819-1820; secretary of State of Kentucky 1812-1816; served as major in the War of 1812; appointed and subsequently elected as a Federalist to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William T. Barry and served from November 13, 1816, to March 3, 1817; died in Frankfort, Ky., October 8, 1823; interment on his farm in Franklin County; reinterment in State Cemetery, Frankfort, Ky. (Bibliography : American National Biography; Dictionary of American Biography)
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John J. Hardin, son of Martin D. Hardin, "lawyer, born in Frankfort, Kentucky, 6 January, 1810; died in Buena Vista, Mexico, 27 February, 1847, was educated at Transylvania university, studied law, and removed to Jacksonville, Illinois, where he practised his profession. For several years he was prosecuting attorney, and a member of the legislature in 1836-'42. In 1842 he was elected to congress as a Democrat, and served one term. He volunteered when the Mexican war began, was appointed colonel of the 1st Illinois regiment, and was killed on the second day of the battle of Buena Vista, while leading his men in the final charge." Edited Appletons Encyclopedia, Copyright © 2001 VirtualologyTM
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: HARDIN, John J., (son of Martin Davis Hardin), a Representative from Illinois; born in Frankfort, Ky., January 6, 1810; pursued classical studies and was graduated from Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in Kentucky in 1831 and commenced practice in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Ill.; served in the Illinois Militia during the Black Hawk War 1831-1832; was brigadier general in command during the Mormon trouble in Hancock County in 1844 and later attained the rank of major general; appointed prosecuting attorney of Morgan County in 1832; member of the State house of representatives 1836-1842; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1845); was not a candidate for renomination in 1844; during the Mexican War recruited the First Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, of which he was commissioned colonel; was killed at the Battle of Buena Vista, Mexico, February 23, 1847; interment in City Cemetery (East), Jacksonville, Ill.
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