Cap Robert CARDEN, Congress, KY (1866-1935)

CARDEN, Cap Robert, a Representative from Kentucky; born on a farm near Munfordville, Hart County, Ky., December 17, 1866; attended the rural schools and Bowling Green (Ky.) Business and Normal School; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1895 and commenced practice in Munfordville, Hart County, Ky.; also engaged in agricultural pursuits and in banking; sheriff of Hart County 1887-1890; was elected county attorney of Hart County in 1890 and served from 1891 to 1894; served as master commissioner of the circuit court of Hart County 1900-1915; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-second, Seventy-third, and Seventy-fourth Congresses and served from March 4, 1931, until his death in Louisville, Ky., on June 13, 1935; interment in Munfordville Cemetery, Munfordville, Ky.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present