branch death_date children allegiance birth_date term_end alma_mater death_place profession battles term_start order spouse image rank name resting_place relations predecessor birth_place jr/sr party unit office state governor successor article_title
militia 8 october 1823 john j. hardin united states 21 june 1780 march 15 , 1812 4 , 1817 september 4 , 1816 december transylvania seminary frankfort , kentucky lawyer war of 1812 november 1 , 1812 13 , 1816 march 13 , 1813 september 10th 8th elizabeth logan martin d hardin.jpg major martin d. hardin frankfort cemetery son of charles a. wickliffe of john hardin cousin of benjamin hardin cousin william t. barry christopher greenup fielding whitlock monongahela river , pennsylvania united states senator democratic-republican first rifle regiment , kentucky militia secretary kentucky of state of kentucky secretary of state of kentucky isaac shelby isaac shelby john j. crittenden charles stewart todd christopher greenup martin d. hardin

martin d. hardin

martin d. hardin -lrb- june 21 , 1780october 8 , 1823 -rrb- was a politician and lawyer from kentucky .
born in pennsylvania , his family immigrated to kentucky when he was still young .
he studied law under george nicholas and commenced practice at richmond , kentucky .
his cousin , future u.s. representative benjamin hardin , studied in his law office .
he represented madison county in the kentucky house of representatives for a single term .
hardin later moved to frankfort and was elected to the kentucky house to represent franklin county .
governor isaac shelby appointed him secretary of state soon after his election .
concurrent with his service , he participated in the war of 1812 , serving alongside future kentucky governor george madison as majors in colonel john allen 's militia unit .
following the expiration of his term as secretary of state , governor gabriel slaughter appointed hardin to the u.s. senate seat vacated by william t. barry , who resigned .
hardin served the remainder of barry 's term -- approximately one year -- and did not seek re-election .
in 1819 , he was elected to the kentucky house for a third time and was chosen speaker of the house .
he died october 8 , 1823 .
hardin married the daughter of kentucky pioneer benjamin logan , and their son , john j. hardin , represented illinois in the u.s. house of representatives before being killed at the battle of buena vista .
in his book `` life of lincoln '' , ward hill lamon speculated that future president abraham lincoln may have been the illegitimate child of hardin and nancy hanks , but the rumor was later debunked .
