Alfred Henry Hanscom (1819 – c. 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.

Alfred H. Hanscom
United States Consul to Rio Grande do Sul
In office
1854–1857
Speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives
In office
1845–1845
Preceded byEdwin H. Lothrop
Succeeded byIsaac E. Crary
Member of the Michigan House of Representatives
from the Oakland County district
In office
January 3, 1842 – 1842
In office
1845–1845
Personal details
Born1819
Rochester, New York
Diedc. 1880
Ontonagon County, Michigan
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Jane A. Forsythe (1838)
Adelia Weller (1859)

Early life

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Hanscom was born in 1819 in Rochester, New York to parents Sarah and George George Hansom.[1]

Career

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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]

Personal life

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Hanscom married Jane A. Forsythe in 1838. Later, on August 12, 1859, he married Adelia Weller.[1]

Death

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Hanscom moved to Ontonagon County, Michigan around 1850, and then died around thirty years later.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Hannabury to Hanselman". Political Graveyard. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  2. ^ "Legislator Details - Alfred H. Hanscom". Library of Michigan. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
  3. ^ Bingham, Stephen D. (1888). Early History of Michigan: With Biographies of State Officers, Members of Congress, Judges and Legislators.