Benjamin Hardin
27thSecretary of State of Kentucky
In office September 4, 1844 – September 6, 1848
Governor	William Owsley
Preceded by	James Harlan
Succeeded by	George B. Kinkead
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's7th district
In office March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837
Preceded by	John Adair
Succeeded by	John Pope
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's10th district
In office March 4, 1815 – March 4, 1817 March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1823
Preceded by	William Pope Duval Thomas Speed
Succeeded by	Thomas Speed Francis Johnson
Member of theKentucky House of Representatives
In office 1828–1832
Member of theKentucky Senate
In office 1810–1811 1824–1825
Personal details
Born	(1784-02-29)February 29, 1784 Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, US
Died	September 24, 1852(1852-09-24) (aged 68) Bardstown, Kentucky, US
Political party	Democratic-Republican National Republican
Relations	Father-in-law ofJohn L. Helm Cousin ofMartin Davis Hardin Cousin ofCharles A. Wickliffe
Profession	Lawyer
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Benjamin Hardin (February 29, 1784 – September 24, 1852) was aUnited States representative fromKentucky.Martin Davis Hardin was his cousin.

Hardin was born at the Georges Creek settlement on theMonongahela River,Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania and then moved with his parents toWashington County, Kentucky in 1788. He attended the schools of Nelson and Washington Counties, Kentucky before studyinglaw.Admitted to the bar in 1806, he commenced practice in Elizabethtown and Bardstown,Nelson County, Kentucky, and then settled inBardstown, Kentucky in 1808. He owned slaves.^[1]

Hardin was a member of theKentucky House of Representatives in 1810, 1811, 1824, and 1825 and served in theKentucky Senate 1828–1832. He was elected as a Republican to theFourteenth Congress (March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817) and reelected as a Republican to theSixteenth andSeventeenth Congresses (March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1823). He was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to theTwenty-third andTwenty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837).

After leaving Congress, Hardin served as theSecretary of State of Kentucky 1844–1847. He served as a member of the Kentucky constitutional convention in 1849.

Hardin died in Bardstown, Kentucky in 1852 and was buried in the family burying ground nearSpringfield, Kentucky.

• United States Congress."Benjamin Hardin (id: H000184)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Allen, William B. (1872).A History of Kentucky: Embracing Gleanings, Reminiscences, Antiquities, Natural Curiosities, Statistics, and Biographical Sketches of Pioneers, Soldiers, Jurists, Lawyers, Statesmen, Divines, Mechanics, Farmers, Merchants, and Other Leading Men, of All Occupations and Pursuits. Bradley & Gilbert. pp. 370. Retrieved2008-11-10.
• Little, Lucius P. (1887).Ben Hardin: His Times and Contemporaries, with Selections from His Speeches. Courier-journal job printing company. Retrieved2009-02-01.

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