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Edward R. Harden

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Edward Randolph Harden (1815 – June 12, 1884) was a judicial appointee in 1854 for the Territorial Nebraska Supreme Court, serving in that capacity until 1860.[1][2]

Born in Savannah, Georgia,[3] Harden was a railroad station agent at the time of his appointment to the Nebraska court.[2] He was a delegate from Georgia to the 1860 Democratic National Convention, and fought for the Confederate States Army in the American Civil War,[2] achieving the rank of colonel. Following the war, he served as a county court judge in Georgia from 1872 until his death in 1884.

References

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  1. ^ "Edward R. Harden". History Nebraska. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
  2. ^ a b c ""The Climate is Awful Cold": Judge Edward Harden in Nebraska Territory". History Nebraska. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
  3. ^ "Seventy Years Of Judicial History Made By Nebraska Judges", The Nebraska State Journal (October 26, 1924), p. 26.
Political offices
Preceded by
Newly established court
Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court
1854–1860
Succeeded by
Court substantially reconstituted