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John Andre Hanna (1762 – July 23, 1805) was an American lawyer, slaveholder and politician who served four terms as a United States representative from Pennsylvania from 1797 to 1805.
Archibald McAllister, John Hanna's grandson, was also a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania.
Early life and career
Born in Flemington in the Province of New Jersey, he received a classical education and graduated from Princeton College in 1782. He was a slaveholder.
He studied law, was admitted to the bar of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 1783 and commenced practice in Lancaster. He moved to Harrisburg and was admitted to the Dauphin County bar in 1785. He was a delegate to the State convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution in 1787, and was secretary of the anti-Federal conference in 1788.
Political career
Hanna was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1791, and was elected lieutenant colonel of the Third Battalion of Dauphin County on December 29, 1792. He was appointed brigadier general of Dauphin County Brigade on April 19, 1793 and was in command during the Whisky Rebellion of that year. He was appointed major general of the Sixth Division of Dauphin and Berks Counties on April 23, 1800.
= Congress
=Hanna was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fifth and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1797.
Death
He died in Harrisburg in 1805.
His interment was in Mount Kalmia Cemetery.
See also
List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)
References
United States Congress. "John A. Hanna (id: H000161)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
External links
The Political Graveyard
John A. Hanna at Find a Grave
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