Henry C. Hansbrough

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Henry C. Hansbrough
Hansbrough's birthplace, the Creole House .

Henry Clay Hansbrough (born January 30, 1848 at Prairie du Rocher , Randolph County , Illinois , †  November 16, 1933 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician ( Republican Party ) who represented the state of North Dakota in both chambers of Congress represented.

Henry Clay Hansbrough is named after former US Secretary of State Henry Clay , who was a guest at his parents' wedding and suggested that their first son be named. After attending public schools, he moved to San José , California in 1867 , where he learned the printing trade and also worked in the commercial sector. After a stay in Wisconsin , he finally settled in the Dakota Territory . There he started two newspapers with the Grand Forks News (1881) and the Inter-Ocean at Devils Lake (1883).

In Devils Lake , Hansbrough's political career began with the office of mayor between 1885 and 1888. From 1888 to 1896 he was a member of the Republican National Committee . After North Dakota's admission to the Union, he was elected the first representative of the new state in the US House of Representatives, where he remained from November 2, 1889 to March 3, 1891. He did not run for re-election and instead ran for US Senator . After a successful election and several confirmations, he was a member of the Senate between March 4, 1891 and March 3, 1909; another attempt for re-election failed. In Congress, he was, among other things, chairman of the Committee on the Library of Congress .

After resigning from the Senate, Henry Hansbrough resumed his employment in Devils Lake, Florida and New York . He lived in Washington again from 1927 until his death. After his cremation , Hansbrough's ashes were scattered under an elm tree in the Capitol grounds .

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