Harding, Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin Harding, circa 1864, detail

Life span:

01/04/1823 to 06/16/1899

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Life Summary

Full name:

Benjamin Franklin Harding

Place of Birth:

Tunkhannock, PA

Burial Place:

Lane County, OR

Birth Date Certainty:

Exact

Death Date Certainty:

Exact

Gender:

Male

Race:

White

Sectional choice:

North

Origins:

Free State

No. of Siblings:

No. of Spouses:

Family:

Elisha Harding (father), Amy Jenkins Harding (mother), Eliza Cox Harding (first wife - died 1867), Sally M. Bush Harding (second wife)

Occupation:

Politician

Attorney or Judge

Farmer or Planter

Relation to Slavery:

White non-slaveholder

Political Parties:

Democratic

Government:

Pierce Administration (1853-57)

Federal Court

US Senate

State legislature

Other state government

Events

Major Topics

Thirty-Seventh Congress of the United States

Thirty-Eighth Congress of the United States

Documents

Images

Benjamin Franklin Harding, circa 1864, portrait size

Benjamin Franklin Harding, circa 1864

Benjamin Franklin Harding, circa 1864, detail

Bibliography

Harding, Benjamin Franklin

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