Cap Robert Carden (December 17, 1866 – June 13, 1935) was a

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from

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. Carden was born on a farm near

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on December 17, 1866, a son of William P. Carden and Frances M. (King) Carden. Carden attended the rural schools and Bowling Green (Kentucky) Business and Normal School (now

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). He taught school for several years, studied law, was

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in 1895 and commenced practice in

. He also engaged in

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pursuits and in banking. He was

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of Hart County from 1887 to 1890. He was elected

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of Hart County in 1890 and served from 1891 to 1894. He served as master commissioner of the circuit court of Hart County from 1900 to 1915. Carden was elected as a

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to the Seventy-second, Seventy-third, and Seventy-fourth Congresses and served from March 4, 1931, until his death in

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, on June 13, 1935. He was interred in Munfordville Cemetery, Munfordville, Kentucky.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carden, Cap Robert 1866 births 1935 deaths People from Hart County, Kentucky Kentucky lawyers Western Kentucky University alumni Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky People from Munfordville, Kentucky 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives Kentucky county attorneys

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