John Andre Hanna (1762July 23, 1805) was a

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from

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Biography

Born in Flemington in the

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, he received a classical education and graduated from

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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

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and was admitted to the

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bar in 1785. He was a delegate to the State convention to ratify the

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in 1787, and was secretary of the anti-Federal conference in 1788. 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. Hanna was elected as a

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to the Fifth and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1797, until his death in Harrisburg in 1805; interment was in Mount Kalmia Cemetery. Archibald McAllister, John Hanna's grandson, was also a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hanna, John 1762 births 1805 deaths People from Flemington, New Jersey People of 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 American slave owners Politicians from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Politicians from Lancaster, Pennsylvania Princeton University alumni Burials at Harrisburg Cemetery

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