Background
Hardy was born on November 24, 1818, in Jackson County, Georgia, United States. Little is known about his early life.
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Hardy Strickland
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Strickland attended local schools in Georgia.
Career
Hardy Strickland became a successful farmer in Cumming, Georgia. From 1847 until 1858 he served in the Georgia legislature.
Strickland, who lived in Cumming, Forsyth County, represented the Ninth Congressional District of Georgia in the first permanent Confederate House, where he served on the Accounts and Patents Committees.
He refused reelection and returned to his farm. There is no record of further service to the Confederacy. He lost nearly all of his personal property in the war but worked to recover it after the war ended.
Strickland held no public office in the postwar years.
Achievements
Politics
Hardy was a secessionist Democrat, who supported John C. Breckinridge for the presidency in 1860 and voted for secession as a delegate to the Georgia convention. He was a Davis administration opponent.
Connections
Hardy's wife was Eliza Strickland.
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Born
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Died
January 24, 1884 (aged 65) -
Resting place
Liberty Hill Cemetery Acworth, Cobb County, Georgia, United States -
Nationality
American -
Political Party
Democratic party
Career
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1847 - 1858
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1862 - 1864