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John Andre Hanna (1762 – July 23, 1805) was an American lawyer, slaveholder and politician who served four terms as a United States representative from Pennsylvania from 1797 to 1805.

Archibald McAllister, John Hanna's grandson, was also a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania.

Early life and career

Born in Flemington in the Province of New Jersey, he received a classical education and graduated from Princeton College in 1782. He was a slaveholder.

He studied law, was admitted to the bar of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 1783 and commenced practice in Lancaster. He moved to Harrisburg and was admitted to the Dauphin County bar in 1785. He was a delegate to the State convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution in 1787, and was secretary of the anti-Federal conference in 1788.

Political career

Hanna was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1791, and was elected lieutenant colonel of the Third Battalion of Dauphin County on December 29, 1792. He was appointed brigadier general of Dauphin County Brigade on April 19, 1793 and was in command during the Whisky Rebellion of that year. He was appointed major general of the Sixth Division of Dauphin and Berks Counties on April 23, 1800.

Congress

Hanna was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fifth and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1797.

Death

He died in Harrisburg in 1805.

His interment was in Mount Kalmia Cemetery.

See also

• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)

References

1. Weil, Julie Zauzmer; Blanco, Adrian; Dominguez, Leo (January 20, 2022). "More than 1,700 congressmen once enslaved Black people. This is who they were, and how they shaped the nation". Washington Post. Retrieved January 30, 2022.

• United States Congress. "John A. Hanna (id: H000161)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

External links

• The Political Graveyard
• John A. Hanna at Find a Grave

• 1762 births
• 1805 deaths
• People from Flemington, New Jersey
• People from colonial New Jersey
• American people of Scotch-Irish descent
• Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
• Members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
• Politicians from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
• Politicians from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
• Princeton University alumni
• Burials at Harrisburg Cemetery
• Members of the United States House of Representatives who owned slaves
• 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
• 18th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
• 18th-century members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly