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Albert Galliton Harrison

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Albert G. Harrison
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's at-large district
In office
March 4, 1835 – September 7, 1839
Preceded byJohn Bull
Succeeded byJohn Jameson
Personal details
Born(1800-06-26)June 26, 1800
Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, U.S.
DiedSeptember 7, 1839(1839-09-07) (aged 39)
Fulton, Missouri, U.S.
Political partyJacksonian democracy
Democratic Party
Alma materTransylvania University

Albert Galliton Harrison (June 26, 1800 – September 7, 1839) was a three-term United States Representative from Missouri and a slaveholder.[1] From 1835 to 1839, he served two terms in Congress.

Biography

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Born in Mount Sterling, Kentucky, Harrison graduated from Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, in 1820. He was then admitted to the bar and began his law practice in Mount Sterling. Seven years later, he moved to Fulton, Missouri.

Harrison served as member of the Board of Visitors to the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1828, and from 1829 to 1835 was a member of the commission to settle land titles growing out of Spanish grants.

Congress

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In 1832, he was elected as a Jacksonian Democratic Representative to the Twenty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837). Harrison was re-elected as a Democratic Representative to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1837 – September 7, 1839).

Death

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Albert G. Harrison died six months into his third term in Fulton, Missouri at the age of 39 in 1839. His remains were interred in the Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C..

Tributes

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Harrison County, Missouri is named for him, as is the town of Harrisonville in Cass County, Missouri.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Weil, Julie Zauzmer; Blanco, Adrian; Dominguez, Leo (January 20, 2022). "More than 1,700 congressmen once enslaved Black people. This is who they were, and how they shaped the nation". Washington Post. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's at-large congressional district

March 4, 1835 - September 7, 1839
Succeeded by