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space and returned in October, 1897, to advance the interests of exhibitors. He was married in ISO!) to Sara Mathews of Virginia. He received the honorary degree of M.A. from Dehiware col- lege in 1882; was president of the Clover club, Philadelphia, for ten yeai-s and a contributor to the high class literary periodicals. He died at Augusta. Ga., Jan. 8, 1898.

HANNA, Bayless W., diplomatist, was born in Troy, Ohio, March 14, 1830. He removed with his parents to Crawfordsville, Ind., in 1830. and was a student at Wabash college, 1839-40. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in Natchez, Miss., in 1855. He settled in practice at Crawftu-dsville, Ind., and was elected prose- cuting attorney of Montgomery county in 1850. He removed to Terre Haute, Ind., in 1857, and was elected a representative in the state legis- lature as a Democrat in 180'2, a state senator in 1804, and attorney -general of the state in 1870. He was delegate -at -large from Indiana to the Democratic national conventions of 1873, 1870, 1880 and 1884, and was chaii-man of the commit- tee on ])ermanent organization in the convention of 187G. He was presidental elector at large in 1872 and 1884. and was appointed U.S. envoy ex- traordinary and minister plenipotentiary to the Argentine Republic, by President Cleveland in iss.-,. He died at Crawfordsville. Ind., Aug. 2, 1891. HANNA, Marcus Alonzo, senator, was born in New Lisbon, Ohio, Sept. 24, 1837; son of Dr. Leonard Hanna; grandson of Benjamin Hanna, and a direct descendant from Thomas Hanna, who immigrated from the north of Ireland in 1704, and settled in southern Penn.sj-lvania, some of his descendants living in Virginia. Benjamin Hanna was born in Lynchburg, Va., June 14, 1779, and removed in 1802 to Columbiana county, Ohio, where Leonard Hanna was born March 4, 1800, and after practising medicine for many years engaged with his father in con- ducting a country store. He removed to Cleveland in 1852, where he engaged in the wholesale grocery busi- ness and died in 1802. Marcus Alonzo was edu cated in the public schools of Cleveland and at Western Reserve college, and in 1857 became a clerk in his father's store, succeeding to the busi- ness in 1802. He enlisted for four months in the volunteer army. In 1864 he was married to

C. Augusta Rliodesof Cleveland. Ohio. In 18G7 he became a member of the firm of Riiodes & Co., wliich firm was later succeeded by M. A. Hanna & Co. His business extended to sliipi)ing. railroad enterprises and extensively operated iron furnaces and mines. In 1884 he was a delegate to the Re- publican national convention and was also a dele- gate to the national conventions of 1888 and 1896. He was the champion of William McKiiiley. and on his nomination Mr. Hanna was chairman of tiie Republican national committee and conducted the campaign of 1890. In March. 1897, he was ap- pointed U.S.senator to succeed John Sherman, who became President McKinley's secretary of state, and on the assembling of the Oiiio state legislature he was elected his own successor, his term expir- ing March 4. 1905. On Dec. 17. 1901, lie was ap- pointed one of twelve prominent citizens to repre- sent capital on the board of arbitration of the In- dustrial Department of the National Civic Federa- tion. He died in Washington, D.C., Feb. 15, 1904.

HANNA, Robert, senator, was born in Laurens district, S.C, April 6, 1786. About 1802 he re- moved to Brookfield, Ind., and served as sheriff of the eastern district of that territory, 1809-16. When the state government was organized in 1816. he was a delegate to the state constitutional convention and took an active part in its public affairs for many years, serving at different times as register of the land office, as a representative in the state legislature and as general of militia. In 1825 he removed to Indianapolis. He was ap- pointed by Governor Noble, U.S. senator to suc- ceed Senator James Noble, deceased, and served in the 22(1 congress from Dec. 5. 1831, till Jan. 3, 1832, when John Lipton, electeil by the state leg- islature, took his seat. While walking on the railroad track he was struck by a locomotive and killed at Indianapolis. Ind., Nov. 19, 1858.

HANNA, William Brantley, jurist, was born in Piiiladelphia, Pa.. Nov. 23, 1835: son of John and Clementina Lloyd (Stephens) Hanna, and grand- son of John Hanna, who came from the north of Ireland about 1780; and of the Rev. Joseph Stephens, pastor of the Baptist church. Upper Freehold, N.J., 1789-95. He was graduated at the Central high school of his native city in 1853, and from the University of Pennsylvania, LL.B., in 1857. He studied and practised in the office of his father in Philadelphia, being admitted to the bar in 1857. He was assistant to District At torney W. B. Mann, a member of the common council, 1808 and 1871, and of the select council, 1871-74. He was a member of the state conven- tion that framed the constitution of 1874; a judge of tiie newly created Orphans" court, 1874-78, and was made presiding judge in 1878. He was made a member of the Friendly sons of St. Patrick, St. Andrew's Scotch-Irish, Horticultural, Humane