Robert Hanna

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

Born on the territory of today Laurens County, South Carolina Robert Hanna moved in 1802 into the Indiana Territory and settled there in Brookville. He worked there from 1811 to 1820 as sheriff in the service of the local Court. Between 1820 and 1830 he worked as a registrar for the Country Office. His first political office took over Hanna in 1816 as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of Indiana. 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 U.S. Senator James Noble on February 26, 1831 Hanna was appointed by his brother Noah, the Governor of Indiana, to succeed him in Congress. He took his seat in Washington as a member of the National Republican Party from 19 August 1831 to January 3, 1832 true. After that, he was a member of yet from 1832 to 1833 and from 1836 to 1839 the House of Representatives from Indiana; 1842-1846 he was a member of the Senate of Indiana. In the meantime, he was switched to the Whig party.

Starting from 1835, Hanna worked as a contractor for road construction. He was killed in 1858 when he was captured at the departure of a train route in Indianapolis by a train.