Kenneth R. Harding

Kenneth R. Harding, (March 28, 1914 – October 3, 2007) served as Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives from October 1, 1972 until February 29, 1980. cite news |first=|last=|title=Kenneth R. Harding |url=http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=13521|work=Associated Press |publisher= Legacy.com|date=2007-10-08 |accessdate=2007-10-13]

Personal life

Harding was born on March 28, 1914, in Medina, New York. His parents were Victor Hunt Harding and Edith Falk Harding. He graduated from George Washington University Law School in 1937. He married his first wife, Jane Wedderburn Harding, in 1938. The couple were married for 68 years until her death in 2005.

Career

Harding served in the U.S. Navy for three years and the U.S. Air Force Reserves for ten years. He retired from the Reserves as a full Colonel. He went on to become executive director of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in 1954, which he held for 18 years.

Harding worked in some capacity on Capitol Hill for over thirty years. Harding served as Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives from October 1, 1972 until February 29, 1980. He moved to Ormond Beach, Florida, upon his retirement.

Death

Kenneth R. Harding died of pneumonia at Ormond Beach Memorial Hospital in Florida on October 3, 2007, at the age of 93. He was survived by his second wife, Ruth Campbell Harding, three sons, and fourteen grandchildren.

External links

* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/08/AR2007100801757.html Washington Post: Kenneth Harding; House Sergeant-at-Arms and Hill Fixture]
* [http://www.legacy.com/News-JournalOnline/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=95707743 Daytona Beach News-Journal: Kenneth R. Harding]

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