Louis Benjamin Hanna

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Louis Benjamin Hanna

Louis Benjamin Hanna (born August 9, 1861 in New Brighton , Beaver County , Pennsylvania , † April 23, 1948 in Fargo , North Dakota ) was an American politician and from 1913 to 1917 the eleventh governor of the state of North Dakota.

Early years

Louis Hanna received his education in Massachusetts , Ohio and New York . In 1881 he and his brother Robert came to Hope in the Dakota Territory . There the brothers started working a farm. A year later, Louis sold his stake and moved to Page , where he began a career as a businessman. There he also founded the First National Bank of Page , of which he became president. In 1899 he moved to Fargo where he became Vice President of the First National Bank of Fargo .

Political career

Hanna was a member of the Republican Party . Between 1895 and 1897 he was a member of the House of Representatives from North Dakota ; between 1897 and 1901 and again from 1905 to 1909 he was a member of the State Senate . Between 1902 and 1908 he was chairman of the Republican Party in North Dakota. In June 1904 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago , where Theodore Roosevelt was nominated as a presidential candidate. Between 1909 and 1913, Louis Hanna represented his state in the US House of Representatives in Washington . In 1912 he was elected the new governor of his state with 45:36 percent of the vote against the Democrat F. O. Hellstrom.

Hanna took up his new office in January 1913. After a successful re-election, he was able to officiate until 1917. He caused a particular stir in July 1914 when he visited Norway with a committee . A statue of Abraham Lincoln was presented to the Norwegians as a gift. Conversely, King Håkon VII proposed Hanna to be knight of the Order of Saint Olav . Domestically, a new inheritance tax law was passed and a pension law was passed for the teachers.

Another résumé

After his tenure ended, Hanna served as captain of the American Red Cross in France during the First World War between 1917 and 1918 . In 1916 and 1926 he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the US Senate . Otherwise he went back to his business affairs. Louis Hanna died in 1948. He was married to Lottie Thatcher, with whom he had four children.

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SURNAME Hanna, Louis Benjamin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 9, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH New Brighton , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH April 23, 1948
Place of death Fargo , North Dakota