Nicholas Hansen
Nicholas Hansen | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Illinois House of Representatives | |
| In office 1823–1823 | |
| Member of the Illinois House of Representatives | |
| In office 1824–1826 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1781 New York |
| Died | 1872 (age 91) New York |
Nicholas Hansen was an American politician who served as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives.[1] He served as a state representative representing Pike County in the 3rd Illinois General Assembly and the 4th Illinois General Assembly.[2]
Hansen was originally from Albany, New York where he graduated from Union College before moving to Illinois.[3] He served as a probate judge in Pike County from 1821 to 1822 and as a colonel of the Seventeenth Regiment Illinois Militia in 1821 and commissioned as brigadier-general in 1824.[3]
His election was contested by his opponent John Shaw but the committee on elections reported unanimously in his favor and he was seated.[3] At the time, a special committee was established to consider the holding of a Constitutional Convention to put the question of slavery before the people of the state.[3] The matter required a 2/3rd vote in the State House and Senate to proceed.[3] The propenents of the resolution had the necessary votes in both the Senate and the House although when the vote was called, Hansen voted in the negative.[3] The following day, fellow representative Alexander Pope Field, after a long speech, moved to reconsider the vote declaring Shaw entitled to his seat.[3] A vote was held, Hansen was ousted, and his former opponent, John Shaw, was seated in the House as Hansen's replacement.[3]
Hansen ran again for the same seat in 1824 and was duly elected.[1]
After his stint in the state legislature, he again served as a probate judge in 1826.[3] In 1829, Hansen returned to New York where he lived until his death in 1872 at age 91.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Illinois Blue Book (1931-1932). State of Illinois. 1932. p. 739.
- ^ Moses, John (January 1882). Illinois, Historical and Statistical: Comprising the Essential Facts of Its Planting and Growth as a Province, County, Territory, and State. Derived from the Most Authentic Sources, Including Original Documents and Papers. Together with Carefully Prepared Statistical Tables. Vol. 2. Fergus Printing Company. p. 1164.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Moses, John (1889). Illinois, Historical and Statistical: Comprising the Essential Facts of Its Planting and Growth as a Province, County, Territory, and State. Vol. 1. Fergus Printing Company. pp. 317–318.
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