Alfred H. Hanscom
{{Short description|American politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Alfred H. Hanscom
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|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
|residence =
|death_date = {{circa}} 1880
|death_place = Ontonagon County, Michigan
|spouse = Jane A. Forsythe (1838)
Adelia Weller (1859)
|children =
|profession =
|website =
|party = Democratic
|alma_mater =
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Alfred Henry Hanscom (1819{{snds}}{{circa}} 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.
Early life
Hanscom was born in 1819 in Rochester, New York to parents Sarah and George George Hansom.{{cite web |url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hannaford-hanscom.html |title=Hannabury to Hanselman|publisher=Political Graveyard |access-date=December 10, 2019}}
Career
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.{{cite web |url=https://mdoe.state.mi.us/legislators/Legislator/LegislatorDetail/1723 |title=Legislator Details - Alfred H. Hanscom|publisher=Library of Michigan |access-date=December 10, 2019}} 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.
Personal life
Death
Hanscom moved to Ontonagon County, Michigan around 1850, and then died around thirty years later.{{cite book |last=Bingham |first=Stephen D. |date=1888 |title=Early History of Michigan: With Biographies of State Officers, Members of Congress, Judges and Legislators |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=st4iAAAAMAAJ&q=Early+History+of+Michigan |language=en }}
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Category:Delegates to the 1850 Michigan Constitutional Convention
Category:Politicians from Rochester, New York
Category:People from Ontonagon County, Michigan
Category:Speakers of the Michigan House of Representatives
Category:Democratic Party members of the Michigan House of Representatives
Category:Consuls for the United States
Category:19th-century American diplomats
Category:19th-century members of the Michigan Legislature
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