Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. This specific family group is a subset of themuch largerFour ThousandRelated Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist. | | Martin Davis Hardin (1780-1823) — also known asMartin D. Hardin — of Kentucky. Born in Pennsylvania,June 21,1780.Democrat. Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1805-06, 1812, 1818-20;Speaker ofthe Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1819-20; major inthe U.S. Army during the War of 1812;secretaryof state of Kentucky, 1812-16;U.S.Senator from Kentucky, 1816-17; Presidential Elector forKentucky,1820(voted forJamesMonroe andDanielD. Tompkins).Slaveowner. Died in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,October8, 1823 (age43 years, 109days).Original interment ataprivate or family graveyard, Franklin County, Ky.; reinterment atFrankfortCemetery, Frankfort, Ky. | | Benjamin Hardin (1784-1852) — of Bardstown,NelsonCounty, Ky.Born inWestmorelandCounty, Pa.,February29, 1784.Member ofKentuckystate house of representatives, 1810-11, 1824-25;U.S.Representative from Kentucky, 1815-17, 1819-23, 1833-37 (10thDistrict 1815-17, 1819-23, 7th District 1833-37);Kentuckystate attorney general, 1820-21; member ofKentuckystate senate, 1828-32;secretaryof state of Kentucky, 1844-46;delegateto Kentucky state constitutional convention, 1849.Slaveowner. Died in Bardstown,NelsonCounty, Ky.,September24, 1852 (age68 years, 209days).Interment in private or family graveyard. | | Reuben Hyde Walworth (1788-1867) — also known asReuben H. Walworth — of Plattsburgh,ClintonCounty, N.Y.; Saratoga Springs,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.Born in Bozrah,New LondonCounty, Conn.,October26, 1788.Democrat.Lawyer;colonel in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;U.S.Representative from New York 12th District, 1821-23;Chancellorof New York, 1828-47; candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1848.Presbyterian.Member,Freemasons;AmericanAntiquarian Society.Died in Saratoga Springs,SaratogaCounty, N.Y.,November27, 1867 (age79 years, 32days).Interment atGreenridgeCemetery, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. | | John Jay Hardin (1810-1847) — also known asJohn J. Hardin — of Jacksonville,MorganCounty, Ill.; Illinois.Born in Frankfort,FranklinCounty, Ky.,January6, 1810.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Army during the Black Hawk War; member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1836-42;U.S.Representative from Illinois 7th District, 1843-45; served in theU.S. Army during the Mexican War.Killedin battle, at Buena Vista,Coahuila,February23, 1847 (age37 years, 48days).Interment atJacksonvilleEast Cemetery, Jacksonville, Ill.
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