Aaron Harding

Aaron Harding ( * February 20, 1805 in Campbellsville, Green County, Kentucky, † December 24, 1875 in Georgetown, Kentucky ) was an American politician. Between 1861 and 1867 he represented the state of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Aaron Harding attended the public schools of his home. After a subsequent law degree in 1833 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he started in Greensburg to work in this profession. In the same year he became a prosecutor in Green County. At the same beat Harding launched a political career. In 1840 he was elected to the House of Representatives from Kentucky.

In the congressional elections of 1860 he became a Unionist in the fourth electoral district of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of William Clayton Anderson on March 4, 1861. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1867 three legislative periods. Since 1865, he was there as a representative of the Democratic Party. His first two sessions were shaped by the events of the Civil War. Since 1865 the work of the Congress was overshadowed by the tensions between the Republicans and President Andrew Johnson, which culminated in a narrowly failed impeachment.

In 1866, Harding was a delegate to the National Union Convention. After his time in Congress, he practiced as a lawyer again. He died on December 24, 1875 in Georgetown.