Haney, Dick – Hanson, John Wesley
Haney, Dick
lawyer, jurist, was born Nov. 10, 1852, in Lansing, Iowa. He has been judge of the circuit court of South Dakota from its admission to the union to Feb. 1, 1896, when he was appointed judge of the supreme court of that state.
Hanford, Cornelius H
lawyer, jurist, was born April 21, 1849, in Van Buren county, Iowa. He is one of the foremost lawyers of the west, and prominent in the public affairs of Washington territory. He has served as city attorney of Seattle; and was a member of the council of Washington territory. He served with distinction as chief justice of Washington territory; and is now United States district judge for the state of Washington.
Hankinson, Richard H
merchant, legislator, was born Sept. 7, 1841, in Grand Rapids, Mich. He received his education in the public schools of his native city; and in 1861 enlisted in the eighth Michigan volunteer infantry, and served with gallantry throughout the war; and was promoted to first sergeant. For many years he was superintendent of the Northwestern Telegraph company in Minneapolis, Minn. In 1878 he organized the Northwestern Telephone company, and was its first general manager. In 1882 he moved to Hankinson, N. D., where he has attained success as a merchant.
He served with distinction as a member of the first and fifth state legislatures of North Dakota.
Hanks, Horace Tracy
physician, was born June 27, 1837, in Randolph, Vt.
He was secretary for several years and vice-president for three years of the New York Academy of Medicine. He is a prolific writer for medical publications.
Hanks, James M
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Feb. 12, 1833, in He lena, Ala. He was elected judge of the first district of Arkansas in 1864, and remained upon the bench until 1868. He was elected to the forty-second congress as a representative from his native state.
Hanlon, Thomas
clergyman, educator, was born March 23, 1832, in New York city. He has been president of Pennington seminary since 1876.
Hanly, J. Frank
educator, lawyer, congressman, was born April 4, 1863, in Champaign county, Ill. He was elected to the Indiana state senate in 1890; and elected to the fifty-fourth congress as a republican.
Hanna, Howard Melville
manufacturer, was born Jan. 23, 1840, in Lisbon, Ohio. In 1886 he organized the Globe Iron Works company of Cleveland, Ohio, and became president. From these works have been launched fifty steel steamers, and several other vessels for the federal government and private owners.
Hanna, John
lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 3, 1827, in Marion county, Ind. He removed to Kansas, and was a representative in its territorial legislature in 1857 and 1858. He returned to Indiana; and was a presidential elector in 1860. In 1861 he was appointed United States district attorney for the district of Indiana, and was reappointed in 1865. He was elected a representative from Indiana to the forty-fifth congress.
Hanna, John A
congressman. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1797 to 1805.
Hanna, Marcus Alonzo
financier, United States senator, was born Sept. 24, 1837, in New Lisbon, Ohio. He is president of the Union National bank of Cleveland; and was government director of the Union Pacific Railway company in 1885, by appointment of President Cleveland. He was a delegate to the national republican conventions of 1884, 1888, and 1896; was elected chairman of the national republican committee in 1896, and still holds that position. He was appointed to the United States senate as a republican in 1897, to fill a vacancy.
Hanna, Robert
soldier, United States senator, was born April 6, 1786, in Laurens, S. C. He was a member of the Indiana constitutional convention of 1816; and a general of militia. He was for many years in the state legislature; and was a senator in congress from Indiana from 1831 to 1832. He died Nov. 19, 1858, in Indianapolis, Ind.
Hanna, William Brantly
jurist, was born Nov. 23, 1835, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was assistant district attorney of Philadelphia for several years, and from 1867 till 1874 served in the councils of the city. In 1872 he was elected a member of the constitutional convention of the state. In 1874 he was elected one of the three first judges of the orphans' court of Philadelphia; and in 1878 was commissioned to be the first president judge of this court.
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.
Hannibal, Rasmus
lawyer, jurist, was born July 10, 1850, in Denmark. He has attained prominence as a successful lawyer of St. Paul, Neb. He was elected county judge of Howard county, Neb., which position he has filled with distinction, and is now serving his fifth term in that office, which will make ten years in all.
Hanrahan, John David
physician, was born Jan. 18, 1844, in Ireland.
He has attained prominence as a physician, and has a lucrative practice in New York city.
Hansbrough, Henry C
journalist, congressman, United States senator, was born Jan. 30, 1848, in Prairie du Rocher, Ill. He removed to the then territory of Dakota in 1882, engaging in journalism; became prominent as an advocate of the republican policy of division and admission; and was twice elected mayor of his city. He received the republican nomination for congress at the first state convention and was elected to the fiftyfirst congress. He was elected to the United States senate as a republican in 1891.
Hanscom, Charles Watts
manufacturer, legislator, was born Oct. 26, 1853, in Machias, Maine. In 1886 he was elected a member of the fifteenth territorial legislature of Montana. In 1890 he assisted in the formation of the people's party in Montana.
Hanscorn, Abner Lewis
farmer, state senator, was born Jan. 1, 1848, in Springfield, Maine. He has filled numerous public offices of trust in North Dakota; and served with distinction as a member of the state senate.
Hanson, Alexander Contee
jurist, was born Oct. 22, 1749. He was the first judge of the general court of Maryland under the constitution of 1776, and prepared a compilation of the laws of the state. He died in 1806, in Annapolis, Md.
Hanson, Alexander Contee
lawyer, journalist, congressman, United States senator, was born Feb. 27, 1786, in Maryland. He was a presidential elector in 1789 and 1793; and at one time edited a political newspaper called the Federal Republican, first at Baltimore and then at Georgetown, D. C. He subsequently issued his paper in Georgetown; afterward settled in Baltimore; and was elected a representative in congress, serving from 1813 to 1816, when he was elected a senator of the United States from Maryland. He died April 23, 1810, in Belmont, Md.
Hanson, Edgar Filmore
author, was born in 1853, in Maine. He was the author of Demonology or Spiritualism, Ancient and Modern.
Hanson, Eliza Rice
author, was born April 11, 1825, in Norridgewock, Maine. She published Women Workers, a popular book. She died Sept. 16, 1865, in Blue Island, Ill.
Hanson, James H
educator, author, was born June 26, 1816, in China, Maine.
In 1865 he took charge of the Waterville academy, making it a preparatory school to Colby university. He is the author of a Latin prose book and other text-books used extensively in preparatory schools and colleges.
Hanson, John
congressman. He was a delegate from Maryland to the continental congress from 1781 to 1783; and president of that body during the first session, and a signer of the articles of confederation. He died Nov. 13, 1783, in Prince George county.
Hanson, John Wesley
clergyman, author, was born May 12, 1823, in Boston, Mass. He received a thorough education in the private and public schools of Massachusetts, in Lowell and Boston. During the civil war he was chaplain of the sixth regiment Massachusetts volunteer infantry. He has attained eminence as a successful clergyman; and for many years he has been editor of the New Covenant of Chicago, Ill. He is the author of about thirty volumes, the most notable of which are: Histories of Danvers, Norridgewock, and Gardiner, in Maine; Bible Threatenings Explained; Cloud of Witnesses, a compilation; Aion Aionos; Bible Proofs of Universal Salvation; Sermons on the Lord's Prayer; The Leaven at Work; and The New Covenant, a translation of the New Testament.