John J. Hardin

John J. Hardin ( born January 6, 1810 in Frankfort, Kentucky, † February 23, 1847 at Buena Vista, Mexico ) was an American politician. Between 1843 and 1845 he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Hardin was the son of U.S. Senator Martin D. Hardin ( 1780-1823 ). He received a classical education and studied at Transylvania University in Lebanon. After a subsequent law degree in 1831 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he started in Jacksonville (Illinois ) to work in this profession. During the Black Hawk War in 1831 and 1832 he was a member of the militia of Illinois over the years. In 1844 he commanded the militia as a brigadier general, which were used in Hancock County in violence between Mormons and other citizens. Later he became a major general of militia. In 1832, Hardin prosecutor in Morgan County. Politically, he joined the Whig party to. Between 1836 and 1842 he sat as an MP in the House of Representatives from Illinois.

In the congressional elections of 1842 Hardin was in the then newly established seventh electoral district of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1843. Since he resigned in 1844 to further candidacy, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1845. This period was characterized by the tensions between President John Tyler and the Whigs. It was also at that time already been discussed about a possible annexation of the independent Republic of Texas since 1836 by Mexico.

During the following Mexican - American War Hardin presented to an infantry regiment from Illinois, which he commanded with the rank of colonel himself. In this capacity, he fell at the Battle of Buena Vista on February 23, 1847.