Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky, by H. Levin, editor, 1897. Published
by Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago.  Reprinted by Southern Historical
Press.  p. 94.  Jefferson County.

MORDECAI ROBERT HARDIN, chief justice of the court of appeals and a
representaive of the renowned Hardin family, was for years a practicing
attorney in Springfield, Washington county, where he held a leading
position at the bar, filling at one time the office of commonwealth's
attorney.  In August, 1866, he was nominated, in opposition to Thomas A.
Marshall, for the court of appeals and was elected over that popular and
able jurist to a full term on the bench.  He acceptably served in that
capacity and during the last two years of his service was the chief
justice of the court.  On leaving the bench he removed to Louisville,
where he entered on the practice, but died shortly afterward.
     Judge Hardin was of a poetic nature, and the author of some verses
of surpassing beauty of diction and sentiment.  A delightful company,
his conversation abounded in a charming wit and humor and fund of
ancedote.  He had a fine legal mind and his decisions are masterful
presentations of the cases which were submitted to him.

Hardin Marshall
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Washington-KY

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