Robert Hanna
Robert Hanna Jr. (April 6, 1786November 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).
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