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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OhioMarcus Alonzo HANNA
(1837-1904)
Senate Years of Service:
1897-1904Party: RepublicanHANNA, Marcus Alonzo,
(father of Ruth Hanna McCormick), a Senator from Ohio; born in New
Lisbon (now Lisbon), Columbiana County, Ohio, September 24, 1837;
moved with his parents to Cleveland in 1852; attended the common
schools of that city and Western Reserve College, Hudson, Ohio;
engaged in the wholesale grocery business and later in the iron and
coal business, the lake carrying trade, and railroads; chairman of
the Republican National Committee in 1896; appointed in 1897 and
subsequently elected as a Republican to the United States Senate to
fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Sherman;
reelected in January 1898 and also was elected for the succeeding
full term and served from March 5, 1897, until his death in
Washington, D.C. on February 15, 1904; chairman, Committee on
Relations with Canada (Fifty-fifth through Fifty-seventh
Congresses), Committee on Enrolled Bills (Fifty-seventh Congress),
Committee on Interoceanic Canals (Fifty-eighth Congress); funeral
services were held in the Chamber of the United States Senate;
interment in Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
Bibliography
American National Biography; Dictionary of American
Biography; Beer, Thomas. Hanna. New York: Octagon Books,
1973; Croly, Herbert. Marcus Hanna: His Life and Works.
Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1965.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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