Robert Hanna Jr.
Robert Hanna | |
|---|---|
| U.S. Senator from Indiana | |
| In office August 19, 1831 – January 3, 1832 | |
| Appointed by | James B. Ray |
| Preceded by | James Noble |
| Succeeded by | John Tipton |
| Member of the Indiana House of Representatives | |
| In office 1832–33; 1836–39 | |
| Member of the Indiana Senate | |
| In office 1840–41; 1842–46 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 6, 1786 South Carolina, US |
| Died | November 16, 1858 (aged 72) |
| Resting place | Crown Hill Cemetery and Arboretum, Section 2, Lot 131 |
| Party | Democratic-Republican |
Robert Hanna Jr. (April 6, 1786 – November 16, 1858) is best known as one of the forty-three delegates to the 1816 Indiana Constitutional Convention and Indiana's third U.S. Senator after it achieved statehood in 1816. A native of Laurens County, South Carolina, he settled in the Indiana Territory shortly after it was established in 1800 and began his long career as a public servant in Brookville, Indiana. Hanna served as the first Franklin County sheriff (1809–20), as a brigadier general in the state militia, and as the United States General Land Office registrar in Brookville and Indianapolis (1820–30). Hanna was appointed to fill the vacant seat in the U.S. Senate following the death of James Noble in 1831. Hanna served in the U.S. Senate from August 19, 1831, to January 3, 1832. After his return to Indianapolis, Hanna represented Marion County in the Indiana House of Representatives (1832–33; 1836–39) and in the Indiana Senate (1840–41; 1842–46).