Hardin Hart

Full Name: Hardin Hart
Date of birth: August 23, 1814
Date of death: October 5, 1883

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	City/County	Counties in District
S	3	Nov 7, 1853 - Nov 5, 1855	5th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾	Greenville / Hunt	Fannin, Hunt
S	4	Nov 3, 1851 - Nov 7, 1853	4th ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾	Greenville / Hunt	Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman, Van Zandt
S	3	Nov 5, 1849 - Nov 3, 1851	3rd ⁽⁹⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾ ⁽¹¹⁾ ⁽¹²⁾	Greenville / Hunt	Fannin, Hopkins, Hunt

(1) Greenville, Hunt County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(2) Roster of members elect of the 5th Legislature, state elections, 1853. Texas State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 8/20/1853, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(3) 5th Legislature - Roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment presented their credentials, and being qualified, took their seats, 11/7/1853, p. 2. Senate Journal.
(4) 5th Legislature - Senate District No. 3. Senate Journal.
(5) 5th Legislature - "In part due to the redistricting and the increase in the number of members, the returning senators found themselves a minority of six: James H. Armstrong, Joseph H. Burks, Rufus Doane, Hardin Hart, William T. Scott, and M.D.K. Taylor," pp. 241, 243. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.
(6) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act passed Feb. 2, 1853, 4th Legislature, 1st C.S., ch. 4, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(7) 4th Legislature - Senate District No. 4. Senate Journal.
(8) 4th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators elect presented their credentials, qualified, and took their seats, 11/3/1851, pp. 3-4. Senate Journal.
(9) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act approved Jan. 16, 1850, 3rd Legislature, ch. 44. Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(10) Roster of members elect of the 3rd Legislature, Matthewson, R.C., Texas State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 9/29/1849, p. 6, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(11) 3rd Legislature - Senate District No. 3. Senate Journal.
(12) 3rd Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators, oath of office, 11/5/1849, p. 3. Senate Journal.

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Senate District 3
Nov 7, 1853 - Nov 5, 1855
Legislatures: 5th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾
Home City/County: Greenville / Hunt
Counties in district: Fannin, Hunt

Senate District 4
Nov 3, 1851 - Nov 7, 1853
Legislatures: 4th ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾
Home City/County: Greenville / Hunt
Counties in district: Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman, Van Zandt

Senate District 3
Nov 5, 1849 - Nov 3, 1851
Legislatures: 3rd ⁽⁹⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾ ⁽¹¹⁾ ⁽¹²⁾
Home City/County: Greenville / Hunt
Counties in district: Fannin, Hopkins, Hunt

Biographical Information top

Resolutions and Journal entries

5th Legislature - Roll of Members, Hardin Hart, age 38, native state Virginia, emigrated from Ohio in 1833, farmer, postoffice Greenville, Hunt County. House Journal.

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch and controversial tenure as Dallas district judge, Chapter 3, Dallas County, pp. 89-90, resignation from bench on 2/18/1874, "his sixtieth birthday," p. 93. Born 1814 in Hardy County, Virginia (now West Virginia) and moved to Texas in 1830s. Grass-Roots Reconstruction in Texas, 1865-1880, 1997.

Other Resources

Martin D. and Hardin Hart mentioned in "Hangings in Hunt and Hopkins Countries, 1863," pp. 68-80. Includes portrait and account of the hanging of Martin Hart. Brush Men and Vigilantes: Civil War Dissent in Texas, 2000.
Mentioned in "'Blessed with Peace!' War's Bitter Aftermath," pp. 102-136. Brush Men and Vigilantes: Civil War Dissent in Texas, 2000.
Hardin Hart, birth date 8/23/1814, in Hardy County, West Virginia; death date 10/5/1883 in Greenville, Hunt County, Texas; burial in East Mount Cemetery, Greenville, Hunt County. Find a Grave.
Mentioned in biography of brother, HART, MARTIN D. (1821?-1863). Handbook of Texas Online.
Relatives: Martin D. Hart and Hardin Hart - brothers, p. 59. Murder and Mayhem: the War of Reconstruction in Texas, 2003.
Hart served as subassistant commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau in 1867, p. 194. Overreached on All Sides: the Freedmen's Bureau in Texas Administrators, 1865-1868, 1991.
Mentioned in Ralph A. Wooster, "Membership in the Early Texas Legislatures, 1850-1860," The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 69, Number 2. October 1965, pp. 163-173, crediting Texas State Historical Association. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Obituary, Judge Hardin Hart, "Death of an Old Citizen . . . ," Greenville, Oct. 5, The Galveston Daily News, 10/5/1883, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Death date 10/5/1883. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Mentioned in 3rd Legislature, p. 196. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.

Committee Information top

5th R.S. - 1853 Education Internal Improvements Private Land Claims (Chair) Public Buildings Public Debt Rules (Chair)
4th R.S. - 1851 Counties and County Boundaries Privileges and Elections Public Lands Roads, Bridges and Ferries
3rd R.S. - 1849 Claims and Accounts County Boundaries Finance Governor's Message, Select Private Land Claims

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