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American politician
John Henry Harmanson
Member of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana's 3rd district
In office
March 4, 1845 – October 24, 1850
Preceded byJohn Bennett Dawson
Succeeded byAlexander Gordon Penn
Member of the Louisiana State Senate
Personal details
Born(1803-01-15)January 15, 1803
Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.
DiedOctober 24, 1850(1850-10-24) (aged 47)
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Resting placeMoreau Plantation Cemetery, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana
Political partyDemocratic
EducationJefferson College (Mississippi)
OccupationPolitician, Lawyer

John Henry Harmanson (January 15, 1803 – October 24, 1850) was a U.S. Representative from Louisiana.

Born in Norfolk, Virginia, Harmanson pursued classical studies and was graduated from Jefferson College, Washington, Mississippi. He moved to Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, in 1830 and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced. He served as member of the State senate in 1844.

Harmanson was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth, Thirtieth, and Thirty-first Congresses and served from March 4, 1845, until his death in New Orleans, Louisiana, October 24, 1850. He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Twenty-ninth Congress). He was interred in Moreau Plantation Cemetery, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana.

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded byJohn Bennett Dawson Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Louisiana's 3rd congressional district

1845 – 1850
Succeeded byAlexander Gordon Penn
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana
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