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and Historical societies of Philadelphia. He also served as manager of the Home Mission society, and of the Working Home for blind men; as president of the trustees of Hahnemann college and hospital; as vice-president of the West Phila- delphia institute, and as president of the Pennsyl- vania B-iptist education society. He received the degree of D. C. L. from Bucknell university in 1885. He was married to Mary Vanderslice, daughter of Samuel M. Hooper, and tiieir son Mjrjdith, a graduate of Penn Charter school and of the University of Pennsylvania A.B. and LL B.. became a lawyer in Philadelphia, and asso- ciate e Utor of the American Law Hegister and lie- -view. Ju Ige H.mna still held the office of presi lent ju Ige of the Orphans" court in 1900.

HANSEQAN, Edward A., senator, was born in Ohio; son of Irish parents. He spent his boy- hood in Kentuck}', received a good education, and in his twenty-third year was admitted to the bar, settling to practice in Covington. Ind. He served in the state legislature, and was a Democratic representative in the 23d and 24th congresses, 1833-37. He was U.S. senator from Indiana from 1813 to 1849 and was appointed by President Taylor in March, 1849, U.S. minister to Prussia, and was succeeded in 1850, bj^ Daniel Dewey Barnard, appointed by President Fillmore. He settled in St. Louis, Mo., on liis return to the United States and in 1852, while under the influence of liquor, killed his brotlier-in-law, Captain Duncan, and this act embittered the remainder of his life which he passed in retire- ment. He diel in Sc. Louis, Mo., Feb. 25, 1859. HAN5BR0UGM, Henry Clay, senator, was born in Pr.iiri- du Roclier, 111.. Jan. 30, 1848; son of Eli lb aid Surah (Hagen) Hansbrough, grand- i!on of AVilliam H. and Elizabeth (Miller) Hans- brough of Virginia, and a descendant of John Hansbrough who came from Eng- land and settled in Virginia in 1640. His parents removed to Illinois from Ken- tucky in 1846, and he Avas brouglit up on his father's farm. The advent of the civil war closed the school in which he was preparing for M€ft/h.U^'^^m^. college, and in 1866 ^ he removed with his

parents to California. He learned the trade of printer in the office of the San Jose Mercury, and in 1869 was a partner in publishing a daily paper m San Jose. He removed to San Francisco

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and was employed on the Chronicle, 1870-73, in the printing department; as telegraph editor and then as assistant managing editor, 1872-79; engaged in journalism in Wisconsin, 1880, and in 1882 went to Dakota Territory, where he con- tinued in active newspaper work vmtil he entered the field of politics in 1888. He was the first representative from North Dakota in the 51st congress, 1889-91; a delegate to the Republican national convention of 1888, and national com- mitteeman from North Dakota, 1888-96. He was elected U.S. senator, Jan. 23, 1891, took liis seat in the senate at the close of his term as a repre- sentative, March 4, 1891, and was re-elected, Jan. 20, 1897, for the term expiring March 3, 1903. His first wife, Josephine, davighter of James Orr of Newburgh, N.Y., died in January, 1895. He was married again in 1897 to Mary Berri Chap- man of Washington, D.C.

HANSON, Alexander Contee, senator, was born in Annapolis, Md., Feb. 27, 1786; son of Judge Alexander Contee and Rebecca (Howard) Hanson; and grandson of John and Jane (Contee) Hanson. His grandfather was a delegate to the Continental congress and president of that body, 1781-82; and his father was assistant private secretary to Washington, judge of the general court of Maryland under the constitution of 1776, chancellor of the state, 1789-1806, and the author of " Hanson's Laws '' and of " Han.son's Pam phlets." Alexander Contee, Jr., attended St. John's college, but was not graduated. He established at Baltimore the Federal RcpnhUcun which he conducted in opposition to the policy of the administration of President Madison, and it became the acknowledged organ of the Fed- eralists of Maryland and gained a national repu- tation. His office was mobbed on July 27-28, 1812, and his property destroyed. In the melee he defended himself with reckless bravery, shoot- ing dead Doctor Gales, one of the mob, as he stepped inside the door of the office. He surren- dered to the Democratic authorities of the city as did Generals Lingan and " Light-Horse " Harry Lee of the American Revolution, with a few other friends, and they were locked in the jail. During the night they were abandoned to the mob and General Lingan was killed and Hanson escaped, desperately wounded, having been left in the streets as dead. He continued the publi cation of the paper at Georgetown, D.C, and the incident gave the political control of Maryland tc the Federalists. He represented the Baltimore district in the 13 and 14th congresses. 1813-17, ano succeeded Robert G. Harper, resigned, as U.S. senator, taking his seat, Jan. 2, 1817. While in congress he fought a duel with Capt. Charles Gor- don, U.S.N. He was married to Priscilla Dorsey. He died in Belmont. Md. April 23, 1819.