U.S. Congressman. After graduating from Randolph-Macon College, in 1922, he attended the Graduate School of Business Administration at Harvard University, (1923-24) and was an accountant manager at Norfolk, Virginia, (1924-27). He also was a wholesaler of electrical equipment, (1927-32) and engaged in agricultural pursuits. In 1947, he was elected as a Democrat to the Eightieth Congress and to the next ten succeeding Congresses, serving until 1969. Not a candidate for reelection, he was a director of Dominion Bank Shares Corporation and other Virginia financial institutions. He died in retirement at age 91.
U.S. Congressman. After graduating from Randolph-Macon College, in 1922, he attended the Graduate School of Business Administration at Harvard University, (1923-24) and was an accountant manager at Norfolk, Virginia, (1924-27). He also was a wholesaler of electrical equipment, (1927-32) and engaged in agricultural pursuits. In 1947, he was elected as a Democrat to the Eightieth Congress and to the next ten succeeding Congresses, serving until 1969. Not a candidate for reelection, he was a director of Dominion Bank Shares Corporation and other Virginia financial institutions. He died in retirement at age 91.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
Family Members
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Porter Hardy
1861–1941
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Jane Long Mahood Hardy
1869–1950
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Edna Lynn Moore Hardy
1909–2006 (m. 1939)
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Mahood Porter Hardy
1893–1952
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Helen Elizabeth Hardy Moreland
1897–1967
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Frances Gary Hardy
1898–1976
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Alice Hardy Batten
1899–1978
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Jean Hardy White
1904–1946
Flowers
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