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Benjamin Franklin Harding (January 4, 1823 – June 16, 1899) was an American attorney and politician born in Pennsylvania. He held political offices in the Oregon Territory and later served as a United States senator from the state of Oregon.
Benjamin Franklin Harding helped lead Oregon through the state’s formative and tumultuous years during the mid-nineteenth century as secretary of the Oregon Territory and speaker of the House of the Territorial Legislature.
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While in the Senate, he and fellow Oregon Senator Benjamin F Harding were the only Democrats in that chamber to vote for the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution to abolish slavery. After serving in the Senate, he was appointed Minister to Austria, but his nomination was not confirmed.
Since 1776 only [two Presidents,] James Madison and Benjamin Harrison [,] have been below-average height. The easiest way to predict the winner in a United States election is to bet on the taller man: in this century you would have had an unbroken string of hits until 1972 when Richard Nixon beat George McGovern."
Item. Title. Harding, Benjamin F. Date (s) circa 1870 (Creation) Extent. Photograph, cartes-de-visite (card photographs), 2.5 x 4 inches. Name of creator. Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries. Content and structure elements. Scope and content. Benjamin F. Harding, pioneer of 1849 to Marion County, Oregon, and U.S. Senator (1861-1865).
Benjamin Franklin Harding (January 4, 1823 – June 16, 1899) was an American attorney and politician born in Pennsylvania. He held political offices in the Oregon Territory and later served as a United States senator from the state of Oregon.
Benjamin Franklin Harding helped lead Oregon through the state’s formative and tumultuous years during the mid-nineteenth century as secretary of the Oregon Territory and speaker of the House of the Territorial Legislature. He rose to national distinction as a U.S. senator for Oregon during the American Civil War. Harding … Oregon Encyclopedia.
