Shelby's term. Hardin volunteered for service in the War of 1812. He was one of two majors serving under John Allen; future Kentucky Governor George Madison was the other. Hardin's unit pursued Tecumseh through northern Ohio and Michigan and participated in the Battle of the River Raisin. On November 13, 1816, Governor Gabriel Slaughter appointed Hardin to the U.S. Senate seat vacated when William T. Barry resigned. The appointment was only effective until the General Assembly convened later that year. When the Kentucky Senate convened, the senators elected him to serve out the remainder of Barry's term. Hardin did not seek re-election at the expiration of the term. In total, he served from November 13, 1816 to March 3, 1817. In 1818, Hardin returned to the Kentucky House, serving until 1820 and acting as Speaker of the House from 1819 to 1820. Later life and death In December 1820, Hardin was a candidate to become president of the Bank of Kentucky, but John Harvie was chosen instead. The following year, he was chosen as a presidential elector, voting for James Monroe. Hardin died in Frankfort in 1823, and was interred on his farm in Franklin County, Kentucky. His remains were later re-interred in the State Cemetery in Frankfort. References Bibliography Further reading American National Biography External links 1780 births 1823 deaths Pennsylvania politicians Hardin family of Kentucky American people of French descent Democratic-Republican Party United States senators from Kentucky 1820 United States presidential electors Secretaries of State of Kentucky Members of the Kentucky House of Representatives Speakers of the Kentucky House of Representatives Kentucky lawyers American lawyers admitted to the practice of law by reading law American slave owners Politicians from Frankfort, Kentucky 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American lawyers Transylvania University alumni American militia officers American militiamen in the War of 1812 Military personnel from Kentucky Burials at Frankfort Cemetery United States senators who owned slaves