Edward R. Harden

Edward Randolph Harden was a judicial appointee in 1854 for the Territorial Nebraska Supreme Court, serving in that capacity until 1860.
Born in Savannah, Georgia, Harden was a railroad station agent at the time of his appointment to the Nebraska court. He was a delegate from Georgia to the 1860 Democratic National Convention, and fought for the Confederate States Army in the American Civil War, achieving the rank of colonel. Following the war, he served as a county court judge in Georgia from 1872 until his death in 1884.