Lewis Hanback

Lewis Hanback
From 1883's History of the State of Kansas
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas
In office March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887
Preceded by	David P. Lowe (AL) District established (6th)
Succeeded by	William A. Harris (AL) Erastus J. Turner (6th)
Constituency	At-large district (1883-85) 6th district (1885-87)
Personal details
Born	March 27, 1839 Winchester, Illinois
Died	September 7, 1897(1897-09-07) (aged 58) Kansas City, Kansas
Resting place	Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Kansas
Party	Republican
Military service
Rank	Brigade Inspector
Engagement	Civil War

Lewis Hanback (March 27, 1839 – September 7, 1897) was a U.S. representative from Kansas.

Born in Winchester, Illinois, Hanback attended the common schools and Cherry Grove Seminary in Knox County, Illinois for three years. He taught a school in Morgan County, Illinois, in 1860 and 1861. During the Civil War he enlisted as a private in the Illinois Volunteer Infantry and was later promoted to brigade inspector. He studied law in Albany, New York and he returned to Illinois and from there moved to Topeka, Kansas where he was admitted to the bar in 1865 and began practicing law.

Hanback was elected as Justice of the Peace in 1867. He was Probate judge of Shawnee County from 1868 to 1872. He served as assistant chief clerk of the State house of representatives, assistant secretary of the State senate in 1877, and assistant United States district attorney of Kansas 1877–1879. He then served as Receiver of public moneys at Salina, Kansas.

Hanback was elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887). He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election to the Fiftieth Congress, he resumed the practice of law after that. He died in Kansas City, Kansas, September 7, 1897, He was interred in Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Kansas.

References

• United States Congress. "Lewis Hanback (id: H000142)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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