Hardeman, Thomas
soldier, lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Jan. 12, 1825, in Eatonton, Ga. In 1853 he was elected a representative in the Georgia state legislature; and in 1855 was elected state senator. In 1857 he was again elected to the assembly; and in 1859 was elected a representative in congress from Georgia. He served with distinction in the confederate army during the civil war; was again elected to the assembly in 1863, and was speaker of the house; was re-elected in 1864, and was again made speaker. In 1874 he was again elected a representative in the state legislature, and was chosen speaker of the house. He was elected a representative from Georgia to the forty-eighth congress.
A., HARDENBERGH, AUGUSTUS A., banker, railroad president, congressman, was born May 18, 1830, in New Brunswick, N. J. In 1853 he was elected to the state legislature; and in 1868 was elected state director of railroads. In 1874 he was elected a representative from New Jersey to the forty-fourth congress; was reelected to the forty-fifth congress; declined renomination; and in 1878 was elected president of the Hudson County National bank. He was elected to the forty-seventh congress; and declined a further renomination.
HARDENBERGH, GIRARD RUTGERS, artist, was born Dec. 9, 1856, in New Brunswick, N. J. He has attained prominence as a painter of birds. HARDENBERGH, JACOB RUTSEN, clergyman, college president, was born in 1738, in Rosendale, Ulster county, N. Y.
He was the first president of Rutgers college, of which institution he was one of the founders. He died Oct. 30, 1790, in New Brunswick, N. J.