Английская Википедия:Charles Henry Hardin

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Charles Henry Hardin (July 15, 1820 – July 29, 1892) was an American attorney and politician who was Governor of Missouri served in the Missouri Senate and the Missouri House of Representatives.[1] He founded Hardin College and was one of the eight founders of Beta Theta Pi fraternity.[1]

Early life

In 1820, Charles Henry Hardin was born to Charles and Hannah Jewell Hardin in Trimble County, Kentucky.[1][2] Also in 1820, his family moved to Missouri and eventually settled in Columbia, Missouri.[3][4] Following his father's death in 1830, Hardin worked in the family's tannery business.[5]

Hardin began his secondary education in 1837 at the Indiana University Bloomington.[1] He transferred to Miami University in 1839 and graduated in 1841.[1][3] During his time at Miami University, he helped to found Beta Theta Pi fraternity.[5]

After college, he studied law with James M. Gordon in Columbia and passed the Bar.[1]

Career

Hardin opened a law practice in Fulton, Missouri in 1843.[3] From 1848 to 1852, he was a circuit attorney for the Second Judicial Circuit of Missouri.[1][3] He served in the Missouri House of Representatives, with terms starting in 1852, 1854, and 1858.[1] He was a Democrat.[1] He was a member of the commission that revised and codified the state's statute laws.[4]

In 1860, he was elected to the Missouri Senate 9th District, with a term lasting until 1862.[1][2] As a state senator, he attended Claiborne Fox Jackson's secessionist meeting in Neosho, Missouri and was the only senator present to vote against secession.[4]

During the Civil War, he returned to the family farm in Audrain County, Missouri in 1862.[3] After the war, Hardin and his family moved to Mexico, Missouri, where he established a new law practice and co-founded Mexico Southern Bank following the close of the war.[1][3]

In 1872, Hardin was again elected to the state senate for a term lasting until 1874.[1] In 1876, he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Missouri.[2]

He ran for governor of Missouri and was elected on November 5, 1874.[1] He served as 22nd Governor of Missouri between January 1, 1875, and February 8, 1877.[1] During his term, a new constitution was approved.[1] Hardin also reduced Missouri's debt from the Civil War and state funding for railroad expansion by ending wasteful practices and refinancing bonds.[5]

Hardin established Hardin College and Conservatory of Music in Mexico, Missouri. In 1873, Hardin gave land worth $60,000 to the college and afterward served as the president of its board.[3][4]

Personal life

Hardin married Mary Barr Jenkins in 1844.[6][1]

Late in life, Hardin was in poor health.[4] In 1892, he died from conditions relating to old age in Ringo House in Mexico, Missouri.[2][4] He was initially buried in a private graveyard in Audrain County, Missouri, but was later re-buried at the Jewell family cemetery in Columbia, Missouri.[2][3]

Honors

Charles H. Hardin is the namesake of the small city of Hardin, Missouri.[7][8]

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  1. ↑ 1,00 1,01 1,02 1,03 1,04 1,05 1,06 1,07 1,08 1,09 1,10 1,11 1,12 1,13 1,14 1,15 Шаблон:Cite web
  2. ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 2,3 2,4 Шаблон:Cite web
  3. ↑ 3,0 3,1 3,2 3,3 3,4 3,5 3,6 3,7 Шаблон:Cite news
  4. ↑ 4,0 4,1 4,2 4,3 4,4 4,5 Шаблон:Cite news
  5. ↑ 5,0 5,1 5,2 Шаблон:Cite book
  6. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  7. ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
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