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John Henry Harmanson (January 15, 1803 – October 24, 1850) was a
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from
Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...
. Born in Norfolk, Virginia, Harmanson pursued classical studies and was graduated from Jefferson College,
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. He moved to
Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana Avoyelles (french: Paroisse des Avoyelles) is a parish located in central eastern Louisiana on the Red River where it effectively becomes the Atchafalaya River and meets the Mississippi River. As of the 2010 census, the population was 42,07 ...
, 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 New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans
, 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.


See also

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


References

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