Benjamin F. Harding
Former United States Senator
Benjamin Franklin Harding 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. Wikipedia
Born: January 4, 1823, Tunkhannock, PA
Died: June 16, 1899 (age 76 years), Cottage Grove, OR
Party: Democratic Party
Previous offices: Senator, OR (1862–1865) and Secretary of the Oregon Territory (1855–1859)
Spouse: F.W. Bush (m. 1868) and Elizabeth Cox (m. 1851)