John A. Hanna

John Andre Hanna (* 1762 in Flemington, New Jersey, † July 23, 1805 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1797 and 1805 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

John Hanna received a classical education and graduated in 1782, the Princeton College. After a subsequent law degree in 1783 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he started in Lancaster to work in this profession. In 1785 he moved his residence and his law firm to Harrisburg. At the same time Hanna struck a political career. In 1787 he was a delegate to the Assembly, which ratified the Constitution of the United States for the state of Pennsylvania. In 1788 he was secretary of the Anti -Federal Conference. In 1791 he became a deputy in the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. In addition, Hanna was active in the state militia, in which he rose to major general from Lieutenant Colonel 1792-1800. He was involved in 1794 and on the suppression of the Whiskey Rebellion. Politically, he was a member of the end of the 1790s by Thomas Jefferson founded the Democratic-Republican Party.

In the congressional elections of 1796 Hanna was selected in the sixth constituency of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he became the successor of Samuel Maclay on March 4, 1797. After four elections he could remain until his death on July 23, 1805 in Congress. Since 1803, he represented the fourth district where his state. During his time as a congressman, the territory of the United States has been considerably enlarged in 1803 by the investments made by President Jefferson Louisiana Purchase. In 1804, the Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified. In addition, in 1800, the new federal capital, Washington DC related.

John Hanna's grandson Archibald McAllister (1813-1883) was also a congressman.