J. Eugene Harding Explained

Birthname:John Eugene Harding
John E. Harding
State:Ohio
District:3rd
Term Start:March 4, 1907
Term End:March 3, 1909
Predecessor:Robert M. Nevin
Successor:James M. Cox
State Senate2:Ohio
District2:2nd and 4th
Term Start2:January 4, 1904
Term End2:December 31, 1905
Predecessor2:W F Roudebush
Successor2:Isaac E. Huffman
Birth Date:27 June 1877
Birth Place:Excello, Ohio
Death Place:New Haven, Connecticut
Restingplace:Woodside Cemetery, Middletown, Ohio
Party:Republican
Alma Mater:University 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

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

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

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

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