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Life Summary
Full name
Benjamin Franklin Harding
Place of Birth
Burial Place
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Siblings
9
No. of Spouses
2
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