Robert Hanna

Robert Hanna
U.S. Senator from Indiana
In office August 19, 1831 – January 3, 1832
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
Died	November 16, 1858 (aged 72) Indianapolis, Indiana
Political 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 District, 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 U.S. 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).

Robert Hanna Jr. was born on April 6, 1786, near Fountainius in Laurens District, South Carolina. His father, Robert Hanna Sr., was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia. Immediately following Robert Sr.'s marriage to Mary Parks, the couple moved to South Carolina's Laurens District, where all nine of their children, including Robert Jr., were born.

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