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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriAlbert Galliton HARRISON
(1800-1839)
HARRISON, Albert Galliton,
a Representative from Missouri; born in Mount Sterling, Ky., June
26, 1800; completed preparatory studies and was graduated from
Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky., in 1820; studied law; was
admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Mount Sterling; moved
to Fulton, Mo., in 1827 and continued the practice of law; member
of the Board of Visitors to the United States Military Academy at
West Point in 1828; member of the commission to adjust land titles
growing out of Spanish grants 1829-1835; elected as a Jacksonian to
the Twenty-fourth Congress and reelected as a Democrat to the
Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1835-March 3,
1839); died in Fulton, Mo., September 7, 1839; interment in
Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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