John Henry Harmanson (January 15, 1803 – October 24, 1850) was a U.S. representative from Louisiana.
Biography Born in Norfolk, Virginia, Harmanson pursued classical studies. He graduated from Jefferson College, Washington, Mississippi. He moved to Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, in 1830 and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced. He served as member of the State senate in 1844.
Congress Harmanson won an 1845 special election as a Democrat and was reelected twice. He served in the Twenty-ninth, Thirtieth, and Thirty-first Congresses, December 1, 1845, until his death in New Orleans, Louisiana, October 24, 1850. He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Twenty-ninth Congress).
Death and burial He died on October 24, 1850, and was interred in Moreau Plantation Cemetery, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana.
See also List of members of the United States Congress who died in office (1790–1899)
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