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About Henry C. Hansbrough, U.S. Senator
- 1900 - Devils Lake, Ramsey County, North Dakota.
- 1910 - Washington, District of Columbia
Henry Clay Hansbrough (January 30, 1848 – November 16, 1933) was a United States politician who served as the first United States Representative from North Dakota, as well as a Senator from North Dakota.
Biography
Henry Clay Hansbrough was born near Prairie du Rocher, Illinois. Henry Clay, who attended the wedding for his parents Elisha Hansbrough and Sarah Hagan, suggested to them that they name their first son after him, and they did. Henry attended the common schools and in 1867 moved to San Jose, California. He learned the art of printing and worked at the trade in San Jose and later at Baraboo, Wisconsin. He moved to Dakota Territory and established the Grand Forks News in 1881 and the Inter-Ocean at Devils Lake in 1883. He was mayor of Devils Lake from 1885 to 1888 and a member of the Republican National Committee from 1888 to 1896.
Upon the admission of North Dakota as a State into the Union, Hansbrough was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first Congress and served from November 2, 1889, until March 3, 1891. He did not seek renomination in 1891, having become a candidate for Senator; he was elected to the Senate in 1891 and reelected in 1897 and again in 1903 and served from March 4, 1891, to March 3, 1909. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1909. While in the Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on the Library (Fifty-fourth Congress) and a member of the Committee on Public Lands (Fifty-fifth through Sixtieth Congresses) and the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Sixtieth Congress). Hansbrough resumed his former business pursuits in Devils Lake and moved to Florida, New York, and finally to Washington, D.C., in 1927, where he died in 1933. His body was cremated and the ashes scattered under an elm tree on the United States Capitol Grounds in Washington.
Henry C. Hansbrough, 85, former senator from North Dakota, died here tonight of pneumonia. (Washington, D.C.)
Hansborough, who was known as the father of irrigation, had been ill several days. There are no immediate relatives.
He was first elected to the House of Representatives from North Dakota in 1889. Two years later he was elected to the senate and served for eighteen years.
Described as a liberal, Hansbrough, a Republican, supported Woodrow Wilson in 1916 and in the 1932 campaign was a member of the board of National Progressive League.
Only a few days ago he issued a public appeal to farmers to support President Rossebelt in his farm program. Recently the former senator wrote a book "American Money Tragedy".
In 1900 Hansbrough gave his support to Theodore Roosevelt and was instrumental in obtaining the latter's selection as the Republican vice president candidate.
While in the senate the North Dakotan aided in defeating the Louisiana lottery.
Hansbrough was mayor of Devils Lake, North Dakota from 1885 to 1888. In the latter year he became a member of the Republican national committee and served on that body until 1896. He also was a delegate to the Republican national conventions in 1888, 1892 and 1900. ~ the Kansas City Times, Kansas City, Missouri. 17 November 1933, Friday.
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Henry C. Hansbrough, U.S. Senator's Timeline
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January 30, 1848
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Prairie du Rocher, Randolph County, Illinois, United States
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| 1933 |
November 16, 1933
Age 85
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Washington, District of Columbia, DC, United States
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