Representative from Woodbury county, was born in Osceola county, Iowa, on his father's farm October 3, 1877. His father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Harding, were natives of Pennsylvania and settled in Osceola county, Iowa, in 1874, being among the early settlers of that part of the state. Mr. Harding was graduated from the law school of the State University of South Dakota in June, 1905. He immediately opened a law office in Sioux City and has since been practicing his profession. Elected Representative in 1906, re-elected in 1908 and 1910. A Republican in politics.

Representative from Woodbury county, was born in Osceola county Iowa, on his father's farm October 3, 1877. His father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Harding, were natives of Pennsylvania and settled in Osceola county, Iowa, in 1874, being among the early settlers of that part of the State. Mr. Harding was graduated from the law school of the State University of South Dakota in June, 1905. He immediately opened a law office in Sioux City and is now the senior member of the firm of Harding, Nickle & Kindig. Elected Representative in 1906 and re-elected in 1908. A Republican in politics.

Representative from Woodbury county. Born in Osceola county, Iowa, on his father's farm. His father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Harding, were natives of Pennsylvania and settled in Osceola county, Iowa, in 1874, being among the early settlers of that part of the State. He attended public schools until the age of sixteen, when he spent one winter at a normal school at LeMars, Iowa. The winter he was seventeen he taught in a country school. The practice of teaching in the winter and working on his father's farm during the summer was kept up until he was twenty years of age, when he attended a spring term at the Cedar Falls State Normal School. In August, 1896, he took employment as a clerk in a grocery store at Sibley, Iowa, remaining there until December, 1896, when he again took up the profession of teaching in a country school, where he remained until June, 1897. In September, 1897, he enrolled as a student at Morningside College, Sioux City Iowa. While in college at Morningside he was the founder of the college paper of that school. He purchased a printing plant and both edited and published the college paper, doing job work as well. Besides having charge of the college printing office, he was a special correspondent for the Sioux City papers and by these various means paid his expenses while in school. In 1902, having pursued his college course to the senior year, he took up the study of law in the law office of Senator John H. Jackson. After spending two years in that office, in September, 1904, he enrolled as a senior law student in the State University of South Dakota and was graduated in June, 1905. Immediately upon completing his law course, Mr. Harding opened a law office in Sioux City, Iowa, and has been practicing there since. In March, 1906, he formed a law partnership with O. T. Naglestad. Elected Representative in 1906. A Republican in politics.