John H. Harmanson

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John Henry Harmanson (born January 15, 1803 in Norfolk , Virginia , †  October 24, 1850 in New Orleans , Louisiana ) was an American politician . Between 1845 and 1850 he represented the state of Louisiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

After primary school, graduated from John Harmanson the Jefferson College in Washington ( Mississippi ). In 1830 he moved to Avoyelles Parish , Louisiana. There he worked a cotton plantation; then he studied law .

Politically, Harmanson joined the Democratic Party , for which he sat in the Louisiana Senate in 1844 . In the congressional elections of the same year he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of his state , where he succeeded John Bennett Dawson on March 4, 1845 . After two re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on October 24, 1850 . These were shaped by the events and consequences of the Mexican-American War . Between 1845 and 1847 Harmanson chaired the Post Office's Expenditure Review Committee. He was buried in the Moreau Plantation Cemetery in Pointe Coupee Parish .

Web links

  • John H. Harmanson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Harmanson, John H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Harmanson, John Henry (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 15, 1803
PLACE OF BIRTH Norfolk , Virginia
DATE OF DEATH October 24, 1850
Place of death New Orleans , Louisiana