Harrison, Robert Hanson – Hart, Charles Henry
Harrison, Robert Hanson
soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born in 1745, in Maryland. In 1775 he obtained the rank of lieutenant-colonel, and remained in the military family of the commanding general till the spring of 1781. He became chief justice of the general court of Maryland on March 10, 1781, but declined the appointment of judge of the United States supreme court in 1789. He died April 2, 1790, in Charles county, Md. was
Harrison, S. S
congressman, born in Maryland. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1833 to 1837.
Harrison, Sarah
Quaker preacher, was born about 1748, in Delaware county, Pa. She first preached in the Quaker meetings during the revolution, and was acknowledged a minister in 1781. She died Dec. 29, 1812, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Harrison, William
congressman.
He was a delegate from Maryland to the continental congress from 1785 to 1787.
Harrison, William Henry
ninth president of the United States, was born Feb. 9, 1773, in Charles City county, Va. and was educated for the medical profession at Hampden Sidney college. He soon after joined the army, and departed for the western wilderness to engage in the Indian wars, and was promoted to the rank of captain. In 1791 he married the daughter of Judge Symmes, and resigned his military commission for the purpose of accepting the office of secretary of the Northwestern territory, comprising the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin. In 1799 he was elected the first delegate to congress from the Northwestern territory, and in 1801, when Indiana was created into a territory, he was appointed its first governor. In 1812 he was made commander of the northwestern army, with the commission of brigadier-general, and in 1816 he was elected a representative to congress from Ohio, and held the office three years. In 1819 he was elected state senator, and in 1824 United States senator. In 1828 he was sent to the republic of Colombia as minister plenipotentiary. On his return he retired to his farm at North Bend, Ohio, where he lived until 1836, when he became a candidate for the presidency, and was defeated. On the 4th of December, 1839, the whig national convention met at Harrisburg. James Barbour, of Virginia, was chosen president of the convention. On the third day (Dec. 6) the nominations were made. Of the 254 votes, William Henry Harrison received 148; Henry Clay, 90; Winfield Scott, 16. Harrison, having received a majority, was declared the nominee. John Tyler was nominated for vice-president. They were elected in 1840, and took the oath of office March 4, 1841. Harrison died the 4th of April, 1841. Harrison held office about twenty years.
Harrison, William Henry Ar- Cher
soldier, farmer, merchant, educator, was born April 30, 1846, in Centerville, Mo. He served during the war for three years in the fortieth regiment, Illinois volunteer infantry; subsequently taught school; and then became a successful merchant. He has held every position in the Grand Army of the Republic, from guard to department commander, and resides in Checotah, I. T.
Harrison, William Pope
clergyman, author, was born in 1830, in Georgia.
He is a prominent clergyman of the methodist church, south, and the author of Theophilus Walton, a controversial work; Lights and Shadows of Forty Years; The Living Christ; The High Churchman Disarmed; Methodist Union; and The Gospel Among the Slaves.
Harrisse, Henri
bibliographer, author, was born in 1830, in France. He is a bibliographer of New York city, of French birth, but long a citizen of the United States. He is the author of Bibliotheca Americana Vetustissima; Christophe Colombe; Jean et Sebastian Cabot; and The Discovery of North America.
Harrity, William F
lawyer, politician, was born Oct. 19, 1850, in Wilmington, Del. He received his education in the public and private schools and St. Mary's college, in his native city; and in 1871 graduated from the LaSalle college, of Philadelphia, Pa., with the degree of M. A. During 1885- 89 he was postmaster at Philadelphia; secretary of the state of Pennsylvania during 1891-95; and chairman of the democratic national committee during 1892-96. He has attained success as an astute lawyer of Philadelphia, Pa., where he is also president of the Equitable Trust company.
Harrod, James
a Kentucky pioneer, was born in 1746 in Virginia. He built the first log cabin upon the present site of Harrodsburg; and was one of the most efficient of the early military leaders of Kentucky.
Harrow, William
soldier, was born about 1820, in Indiana. He was engaged, as colonel of the fourteenth Indiana infantry, at the battle of Antietam, where more than half of his regiment were killed or wounded. He was commissioned as brigadier-general of volunteers in 1862, and resigned in 1865.
Harry, Matthew James
soldier, legislator, poet, was born Oct. 14, 1821, in Epping, N. H. He has served as a captain of a company of infantry in the fourth regiment of the old New Hampshire militia. He served with distinction in 1855- 56 as a member of the New Hampshire state legislature. He has contributed valuable articles to the agricultural press; and is the author of a number of meritorious poems.
Harsh, James Birney
soldier, educator, banker, legislator, was born Sept. 8, 1845, in Clinton county, Ohio. After completing his education at the Lombard university of Galesburg, Ill., he taught school; was school principal, and became president of a business college. During the civil war he was sergeant of company K, one hundred and forty-eighth Illinois regiment volunteer infantry. He has twice served as mayor of Creston, Iowa; was the founder and editor of the Creston Daily Gazette; and has been president of several leagues and associations. He served with distinction for two terms as a member of the Iowa state senate; and since 1882 has been president of the First National bank of Creston, Iowa; in which city he has always been prominently identified with its financial and public affairs.
Harsh, Samuel David
journalist, was born May 26, 1869, in Galesburg, Ill.
He received his education in the public schools of Creston, Iowa; and at the Lombard university of Galesburg, Ill. He took an active part in public affairs; was delegate and vice-president of Iowa of the national republican league. He was the brilliant editor of the Creston Daily Gazette; a man of high attainment; but died at an early age, on March 3, 1893.
Harsha, David Addison
author, was born Sept. 15, 1827, in Argyle, N. Y.
He is a writer in Argyle, N. Y., and the author of The Heavenly Token;. The Star of Bethlehem; Manual of Sacred Literature; Lives of Charles Sumner, Doddridge, Baxter, Bunyan, Addison, James Hervey, Watts, Whitefield, Abraham Booth; and Eminent Orators and Statesmen.
HARSHAW, ANDREW, merchant, state senator, was born Feb. 4, 1839, in Ireland. He has been twice elected a member of the Michigan state senate, in 1887 and in 1889.
Harshman, Samuel Rufus
educator, clergyman, evangelist, was born Nov. 30, 1841, in Trumbull county, Ohio.
He received nis education at the Allegheny college of Meadville, Pa., and at the Illinois college of Jacksonville, Ill.
During 1856-64 he was engaged in educational work; then for five years was a clergyman of the methodist episcopal church; and since 1869 has been an evangelist. He is the author of a volume entitled Sermons on Familiar Subjects. was
Hart, Abraham
publisher, born Dec. 15, 1810, in Philadelphia, Pa.
His house was the first to collect the fugitive essays of Macaulay, Jeffrey, Mackintosh, Carlyle, and others, and publish them in separate volumes. He died July 22, 1885, in Long Branch, N. J.
Hart, Albert Bushnell
educator, author, was born in 1854, in Pennsylvania. He is a professor of history in Harvard university, and the author of Coercive Powers of the United States Government; Introduction to the Study of Federal Government; Formation of the Union, 1750-1829; Studies in Education; Life of Salmon Chase; and Practical Essays on American Government. was was
Hart, Alphonso
lawyer, journalist, lieutenant-governor, congressman, born July 4, 1830, in Vienna, Ohio. He editor of the Portage Sentinel from 1854 to 1857; and was elected prosecuting attorney of Portage county in 1861, and re-elected in 1863. In 1864 he resigned and was elected state senator; and was again elected state senator in 1871. In 1872 he was a presidential elector; and in 1873 was elected lieutenant-governor. He removed from Ravenna to Cleveland, Ohio; in 1878 settled at Hillsboro; and was elected a representative from Ohio to the forty-eighth congress.
Hart, Charles Henry
lawyer, art expert, author, was born Feb. 4, 1847, in Philadelphia, Pa. He is director of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; and a recognized authority on historical portraiture in this country and abroad. He is the author of Memoir of W. H. Prescott; Biographical Sketch of Abraham Lincoln; Turner, the Dream Painter; Remarks on Tabasco, Mexico; and Bibliographia Websteriana.