Please answer the following question: Facts: - party: republican-turned-democrat - succeeded: oscar k. allen t.j. kendrick - birth date: 10 october 1870 - parents: e.j. and emma schraeder hardtner - resting place: mt. olivet cemetery in pineville - death date: 7 august 1935 - spouse: juliet doerr hardtner - office: louisiana salle , and winn parishes louisiana state representative from la state salle parish senator from caldwell , grant , la - term end: 1928 1912 - name: henry ernest hardtner - death place: highway accident en route to baton rouge - birth place: pineville , rapides parish louisiana - nationality: american - alma mater: soule business college - occupation: businessman - residence: urania , la salle parish - preceded: thomas salle parish b. gilbert , sr. first legislator from la - children: violet urania hardtner howell - term start: 1924 1910 - religion: episcopalian Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of henry e. hardtner .
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henry ernest hardtner -lrb- september 10 , 1870 -- august 7 , 1935 -rrb- was a louisiana businessman and conservationist regarded as '' the father of forestry in the south . ''he founded and named the town of urania in la salle parish and served single terms as a democrat in both houses of the louisiana state legislature .in 1900 he was the republican candidate for louisiana 's 5th congressional district , losing to future u.s. senator joseph e. ransdell of lake providence in east carroll parish .