Alexander Contee Hanson

Alexander Contee Hanson (born February 27, 1786 in Annapolis , Maryland , † April 23, 1819 in Elkridge , Maryland) was an American politician ( Federal Party ) who represented the state of Maryland in both chambers of Congress .

Alexander Hanson received his education in private schools in Annapolis. He graduated from St. John's College there in 1802 . As a result, he studied law , was admitted to the bar and began practicing in his hometown. In Baltimore he founded the Federal Republican newspaper , with which he vigorously defended the federalist cause. On June 22, 1812, four days after the start of the British-American War , his editorial office was destroyed by an angry mob after he wrote a comment critical of the government. He moved to another building and was seriously injured in another riot just a week later. He then moved the newspaper to Georgetown .

Hanson took his first political mandate in 1811 as a member of the Maryland House of Representatives . The following year he was elected to the US House of Representatives, where he remained from March 4, 1813 until his resignation in 1816. In the same year he missed re-election to parliament in his home state. For this he moved into the US Senate on December 20, 1816 , where he took the place of the resigned Robert Goodloe Harper . Hanson died on April 23, 1819 on his Belmont estate and was buried in the family cemetery.

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SURNAME	Hanson, Alexander Contee
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	February 27, 1786
PLACE OF BIRTH	Annapolis , Maryland
DATE OF DEATH	April 23, 1819
Place of death	near Elkridge , Maryland