Robert Hanna

Robert Hanna (born April 6, 1786 in Fountainius , South Carolina , † November 16, 1858 in Indianapolis , Indiana ) was an American politician who represented the state of Indiana in the US Senate .

Born in what is now Laurens County in South Carolina, Robert Hanna moved to the Indiana Territory in 1802 and settled there in Brookville . There he worked from 1811 to 1820 as a sheriff in the service of the local court. Between 1820 and 1830 he worked as a clerk for the Land Office . Hanna assumed his first political mandate in 1816 as a delegate to the Indiana Constitutional Convention. After joining the Union, he served as a brigadier general in the militia of the new state. In 1825 he moved to Indianapolis.

After the death of US Senator James Noble on February 26, 1831, Hanna was appointed his successor in Congress by his brother Noah , the governor of Indiana . He served in Washington, DC as a member of the National Republican Party from August 19, 1831 to January 3, 1832. After that he was still from 1832 to 1833 and from 1836 to 1839 the House of Representatives of Indiana ; between 1842 and 1846 he was a member of the Indiana Senate . In the meantime he had switched to the Whig Party .

From 1835 Hanna worked as an entrepreneur in road construction. He died in 1858 when he was hit by a train while walking down a railway line in Indianapolis.

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SURNAME	Hanna, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	April 6, 1786
PLACE OF BIRTH	near Fountainius , South Carolina
DATE OF DEATH	November 16, 1858
Place of death	Indianapolis , Indiana