15 Facts About Robert Hanna

Robert Hanna was appointed to fill the vacant seat in the US Senate following the death of James Noble in 1831.

Robert Hanna served in the US Senate from August 19,1831, to January 3,1832.

The Robert Hanna family moved to the Indiana Territory soon after the territory was established in 1800.

Robert Hanna was born in Virginia and died at Indianapolis, Indiana.

When Franklin County was established in 1811 Robert Hanna became its first sheriff.

Robert Hanna continued to serve as sheriff of Franklin County's common pleas court until 1820.

On May 13,1816, Robert Hanna was elected as one of the forty-three delegates to the 1816 Indiana Constitutional Convention at Corydon, Indiana, where the delegation considered statehood for the Indiana Territory and drafted the state's first constitution.

Robert Hanna was one of Franklin County's five representatives, which included James Noble, who became Indiana's first US Senator after it achieved statehood in 1816.

In 1820 Robert Hanna became the first registrar of the United States General Land Office at Brockville.

Robert Hanna became the third US Senator from Indiana after statehood, with Noble and Waller Taylor preceding him in the office.

Robert Hanna served slightly longer than four months, from August 19,1831, to January 3,1832.

Robert Hanna was hit and instantly killed by a train locomotive as he was walking along the Peru and Indianapolis Railroad track in Indianapolis on November 16,1858.

Robert Hanna's remains are interred at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis.

Robert Hanna is remembered for his public service as the Franklin County sheriff during the final years of Indiana's territorial government and as one of the county's elected delegates to the 1816 Indiana Constitutional Convention.

Robert Hanna became a leader in the state militia in the early years of Indiana's statehood and worked as a registrar in the federal land office.