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Martin Hardin was born on June 21, 1780, in the Monongahela River region of southwestern Pennsylvania, United States. He was the son of John Hardin, a soldier and Indian fighter, and Jane (Davies) Hardin, and a first cousin of Ben Hardin. In 1786 his father moved his family to the district of Kentucky and settled in Nelson, later Washington, County, near Springfield.
Martin received a classical education at Transylvania Seminary at Lexington, after which he took up the study of law under George Nicholas, one of the ablest men in Kentucky at that time.
Martin Hardin began the practice of his profession at Richmond in Madison County, but soon thereafter he removed to Frankfort, the capital of the state. In 1805 while living at Richmond he made his first entry into politics, representing Madison County in the state House of Representatives for a term. In 1812, having moved his residence, he was elected to the same position to represent Franklin County, but in August of that year, Isaac Shelby, who had just been elected governor, rewarded him for his support by appointing him secretary of state.
During the war with England, Hardin, like most other Kentuckians of prominence, took an active part, serving as major in a regiment of riflemen led by Col. John Allen, under the general command of William Henry Harrison. In 1816 he was appointed United States senator by Gov. Gabriel Slaughter to fill out the term of William T. Barry, who had resigned. This appointment lasted only until the legislature met, but on the meeting of that body Hardin was elected. His term expired the following March. He took his seat on December 4, and with only three months of official life allotted to him, took a rather prominent part in the deliberations.
Hardin was a Monroe elector in 1821. Having no desire to continue in the Senate, he returned to Kentucky after March 4, 1817, to continue his law practice. For the next two years he represented Franklin County in the Kentucky House of Representatives, and in 1819-1820 served as speaker. Less than four years later he died, comparatively a young man.
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Distinctly a nationalist, Hardin favored internal improvements at federal expense and advocated throughout a liberal construction of the Constitution. He was later accused by some of his fellow Kentuckians of being a Federalist. In point of fact he was a national Democrat who would undoubtedly have become a Whig had he lived long enough.
Named for his grandfather, Martin is said to have adopted the initial “D. ” to distinguish himself from other Martins in the family
Hardin was married to Elizabeth Logan, a daughter of Gen. Benjamin Logan. Their son, Col. John J. Hardin served in Congress from Illinois from 1843 to 1845, and was later killed at the battle of Buena Vista.
