Samuel Hardy

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Samuel Hardy
Member of the State House of Delegates (VA)
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1778, 1780-1782
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June 1781
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Lieutenant Governor of Virginia
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May 29, 1782-October 11, 1782
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Member of the Congress of the Confederation
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1783-1785
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Born ca. 1758
  Isle of Wight County, Virginia
Died October 17, 1785
  New York City, New York
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Education The College of William & Mary
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Profession Lawyer, politician (congressman)
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Samuel Hardy was born sometime around the year 1758 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, the son of Richard Hardy and a descendant of George Hardy, a representative of Virginia in the House of Burgesses from 1642-1652.[1]

"Elegy on the Death of the Honorable Samuel Hardy, Esq. Late a Delegate in Congress from the State of Virginia," by Amyntor. New-York Journal, or The Weekly Register, October 20, 1785, p. 4.

After completing his preparatory studies, Hardy attended the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. While in Williamsburg, Hardy studied law under George Wythe.[2] During his time as a student, Hardy actually served as a member of the State House of Delegates in 1778, and from 1780 to 1782.[3]

After completing his studies and gaining admittance to the bar, Hardy commenced his legal practice and became a well-known lawyer. [4] While practicing law, Hardy also continued his service as a Delegate for the Commonwealth of Virginia, and served on the executive council. From May to October of 1782, he served as the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. In 1783, around the age of 25, Hardy was elected to represent Virginia to the Confederation Congress in Philadelphia, and later New York City. Hardy died at his home in New York on October 17, 1785.[5] Along with tributes from Congress, an elegy attributed to Alexander Hamilton appeared in local papers.[6]

Shortly after Hardy's death, the Virginia General Assembly named a county in his honor, located in what is now West Virginia.

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References

  1. ↑ Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography, vol. 3, James Grant Wilson and John Fiske, eds. (New York: 1887), 80.
  2. ↑ Biographical Directory of the American Congress. 1774-1927, (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1927), 1061; Mark T. Flahive, "The Origins of the American Law School," American Bar Association Journal, Vol. 64 (1978), pp. 1868-1872, 1869, accessed August 31, 2015.
  3. ↑ Ibid.
  4. ↑ Flahive, "The Origins of the American Law School."
  5. ↑ New-York Journal, or The Weekly Register, October 20, 1785, 4.
  6. ↑ R. A. Brock, ed., Proceedings of the Virginia Historical Society At The Annual Meeting Held December 21-22, 1891, With Historical Papers Read on the Occasion, and Others (Richmond, VA: The Virginia Historical Society, 1892), 151-153.
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