Hannegan, Edward A
lawyer, congressman, United States senator, was born in Ohio. He was frequently a member of the state legislature; and was a representative in congress from Indiana from 1833 to 1837. He was a senator in congress from 1843 to 1849, officiating part of the time as chairman of the committee on roads and canals and on enrolled bills; on his retirement from the senate he was appointed minister to Prussia, and on his return from Europe took up his residence in Missouri. He died Feb. 25, 1850, in St. Louis, Mo.