Hansbrough, Henry Clay, 1848-1933

LC control no.	n 88218599
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Hansbrough, Henry Clay, 1848-1933 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Hansbrough, Henry Clay, 1848- Hansbrough, H. C. (Henry Clay), 1848-1933
Birth date	1848-01-30
Death date	1933-11-16
Place of birth	Prairie du Rocher (Ill.)
Place of death	Washington (D.C.)
Field of activity	American fiction
Affiliation	United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Found in	NUCMC data from State Hist. Soc. of N.D. for Baker, I.P. Papers, 1872-1924 (H.C. Hansbrough; corresp. of Isaac Baker, prominent Bismarck, N.D. businessman) LC manual auth. cd. (hdg.: Hansbrough, Henry Clay, 1848- ) Biog. dir. Amer. Cong., 1967 (Hansbrough, Henry Clay; 1848-1933 (U.S. Sen. (1891-1909); Devils Lake, N.D.; s. Eliab & Sarah (Hagen) H.; m. 1: Josephine Orr; 2: Mary B. Chapman; journalist; mayor of Devils Lake; US rep. & sen.)) The second amendment, 1911, ©1911: title page (Henry Clay Hansbrough) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed February 29,2024: (Hansbrough, Henry Clay, a Representative and a Senator from North Dakota; born near Prairie du Rocher, Randolph County, Ill., January 30, 1848; attended the common schools; moved to San Jose, Calif., in 1867; learned the art of printing and worked at the trade in San Jose, Calif., and later at Baraboo, Wis.; moved to Dakota Territory and established the Grand Forks News in 1881 and the Inter-Ocean at Devils Lake in 1883; mayor of Devils Lake 1885-1888; member of the Republican National Committee 1888-1896; upon the admission of North Dakota as a State into the Union was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first Congress and served from November 2, 1889, until March 3, 1891; did not seek renomination in 1891, having become a candidate for Senator; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1891; reelected in 1897 and again in 1903 and served from March 4, 1891, to March 3, 1909; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1909; chairman, Committee on the Library (Fifty-fourth Congress), Committee on Public Lands (Fifty-fifth through Sixtieth Congresses), Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Sixtieth Congress); resumed his former business pursuits in Devils Lake, N.Dak.; moved to Florida, New York, and finally to Washington, D.C., in 1927, where he died on November 16, 1933; cremated and the ashes scattered under an elm tree on the United States Capitol Grounds, Washington, D.C.)
Associated language	eng