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J. Eugene Harding

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John E. Harding
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 3rd district
In office
March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909
Preceded byRobert M. Nevin
Succeeded byJames M. Cox
Member of the Ohio Senate
from the 2nd and 4th district
In office
January 4, 1904 – December 31, 1905
Preceded byW F Roudebush
Succeeded byIsaac E. Huffman
Personal details
Born
John Eugene Harding

(1877-06-27)June 27, 1877
Excello, Ohio
DiedJuly 26, 1959(1959-07-26) (aged 82)
New Haven, Connecticut
Resting placeWoodside Cemetery, Middletown, Ohio
Political partyRepublican
Alma materUniversity of Michigan

John Eugene Harding (June 27, 1877 – July 26, 1959) was a businessman and one-term member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio from 1907 to 1909.

Early life and career

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Harding was born in Excello, Ohio, the son of paper manufacturer Abram E. Harding and his wife Christine. He attended the public schools in nearby Amanda Village, and the Pennsylvania Military Academy at Chester. He graduated from the University of Michigan.

He engaged in business and industrial enterprises in Middletown, Ohio, including the family paper business, Harding Paper Company, which had a mill at Excello.

Congress

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He was elected member of the Ohio Senate in 1902. In 1906 he was elected as a Republican to the Sixtieth Congress from Ohio's Third District. He was defeated as an independent candidate in 1908. He was a delegate to the Republican State convention in 1910.

Later career

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Retiring from public service, he engaged in the paper business in Chicago, Illinois, until he moved to New York City, where he was associated with the Pure Oil Co. from 1921 to 1926. He engaged in industrial enterprises until he retired in 1949.

Death and burial

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Harding died in New Haven, Connecticut, aged 82. He was interred in Woodside Cemetery, Middletown, Ohio.

References

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  • United States Congress. "J. Eugene Harding (id: H000190)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 3rd congressional district

1907-1909
Succeeded by