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John Henry Harmanson (January 15, 1803 – October 24, 1850) was a
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from Louisiana. Born in
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, Harmanson pursued classical studies and was graduated from Jefferson College,
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. 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
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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,
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.


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1803 births 1850 deaths Jefferson College (Mississippi) alumni People from Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana Politicians from Norfolk, Virginia Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana 19th-century American politicians {{Louisiana-politician-stub