Aaron Harding (February 20, 1805 – December 24, 1875), Also known as Aaron Hardin, was aUnited States representative fromKentucky and aslaveholder.[1] He was born nearCampbellsville, in what is nowGreen County, where he attended rural schools. He became familiar with the classics, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1833, having commenced his practice inGreensburg, Kentucky. On October 22, 1834, he married Margaret Campbell (November 28, 1818 – February 19, 1858), the niece ofCampbellsville founder Andrew Campbell.[2]
Harding was elected prosecuting attorney of Green County in 1833. He was member of theKentucky House of Representatives in 1840 and was elected as aUnionist to theThirty-seventh andThirty-eighth Congresses and as aDemocrat to theThirty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1867).[3] He was a delegate to theUnion National Convention in 1866. After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law inDanville, Kentucky. He died inGeorgetown, Kentucky, in 1875 and was interred at Georgetown Cemetery there.
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