HARMANSON, John Henry (1803-1850)
Democrat of Louisiana 
3rd congressional district
Served in House 1845-1850
Biography
Representative from Louisiana; born in Norfolk, Va., January 15, 1803; pursued classical studies and was graduated from Jefferson College, Washington, Miss.; moved to Avoyelles Parish, La., in 1830 and engaged in agricultural pursuits; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced; member of the State senate in 1844; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative John Bennett Dawson, and re-elected to the Thirtieth and Thirty-first Congresses; served from December 1, 1845, until his death on October 24, 1850; died in New Orleans, La., on October 24, 1850; chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Twenty-ninth Congress); interment in Moreau Plantation Cemetery, Pointe Coupee Parish, La.Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
