Alfred H. Hanscom | |
Office: | United States Consul to Rio Grande do Sul |
Term Start: | 1854 |
Term End: | 1857 |
Office2: | Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives |
Term Start2: | 1845 |
Term End2: | 1845 |
Predecessor2: | Edwin H. Lothrop |
Successor2: | Isaac E. Crary |
State House3: | Michigan |
District3: | Oakland County |
Term Start3: | January 3, 1842 |
Term End3: | 1842 |
Term Start4: | 1845 |
Term End4: | 1845 |
Birth Date: | 1819 |
Birth Place: | Rochester, New York |
Death Date: | 1880 |
Death Place: | Ontonagon County, Michigan |
Spouse: | Jane A. Forsythe (1838) Adelia Weller (1859) |
Party: | Democratic |
Alfred Henry Hanscom (1819 1880) was a state legislator in Michigan who served in the Michigan House of Representatives. He served as the Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives in 1845.
Hanscom was born in 1819 in Rochester, New York to parents Sarah and George George Hansom.[1]
Hanscom served as a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from the Oakland County district in 1842 and then again in 1845. During his term as 1845, he also held the position of Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives.[2] Hanscom was a delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention of 1850. Hanscom was the United States Consul to Rio Grande do Sul from 1854 to 1857.[1]
Hanscom married Jane A. Forsythe in 1838. Later, on August 12, 1859, he married Adelia Weller.[1]
Hanscom moved to Ontonagon County, Michigan around 1850, and then died around thirty years later.[3]