The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-16
OBITUARY.
Death Of Hon. Michael Hahn, Member OF \
Congress frem Louisiana.

O0otn Oh Ron. michael Ham, MEMBER Oh
Congress from Louisiana.
WASHINGTON, March 15.-This morning the
fireman at Wizards Hotel went to the room oc-
cupied by Mr.. Hahn, of Louisiana, at o'clock.
to attend to the fire. He was shocked upon find
ing Mr. Hahn stretched upon the floor, dead. In
pool of blood The frightened fireman hastily
fed from the room. and reported to the hotel Of
nee that Mr.. Hahn had cut his throat and killed
himself The hotel employees had the door OF
the room secured. and at once sent for the cor
oner. The coroner soon appeared, and DR.. Bliss
made an examination, which showed that death
resulted from hemorrhage of the lungs. Mr..
Hahn. who was q man Of delicate physique, had
been Ill for some time with a lung trouble, and
was under treatment by DR.. Bliss. It Is not
known at what time he died.
Michael Hahn was born in Bavaria, Nov "a,
1880; when an infant, his widowed mother emf
grated to the United States, landing at New
York, and afterwards removing to New Orleans;
he attended the public schools, and after grad
uating from the high-schoo1 of the second
municipality, entered the law Office Of Christian
Roselius; he also attended the lectures in the law
department. of the University Of Louisiana,
graduating April Z, 1851; he Immediately en-
tered on the practice of his profession, blending
with it the duties of notary public; when but
twenty two years of age he was elected q school
director, and served for several years, being at
one time president of the board in politics he
was an anti Buchanan Democrat and an advocate
of Stephen A. Douglas. making Union speeches
and opposing secession; he refused to take an
oath of Office requiring fidelity to the Confsder-
ate States, and the arrival of the Union forces
was active in the reconstruction Of the State; in
1862 he was elected to Congress, but was not adj
mitted to his seat until the 7th of February,
1868; after the expiration of his congressional
term he was appointed prize commissioner Of
New Orleans; he purchased and edited the New
Orleans Daily True Delta, in which he advocated
emancipation; he was elected the first Governor
of Louisiana as a free State, and was inaugurated
March 4, 1864, receiving from President Lincoln,
on the 10Th of the same month, the ad-
ditional powers of military Governor; hav-
ing been elected United States Senator in
January, 1865, he resigned the Office of Govern
or, but did not press his claim to a seat In the
Senate; on the 4th of July, 1865, he made
speech at the emancipation celebration at Wash
ington. which was widely circulated; in the great
riot at the Mechanics Institute at New Orleans,
July 30, 1866, he was severely wounded, though
only present as spectator; In 1867 he became
editor and manager of the New Orleans Daily
Republican; he was appointed administrator Of
the Charity Hospital at New Orleans: in 1871 he
removed to his sugar plantation, where he laid
out and built the village Of Hahnville; he was
school drecsor of Saint Charles parish, and in
May 1872, served president of the Louisiana
State educational convention; he was elected to
the State Legislature in 1872, 1874 and 1876; on
the 18th Of August, 1876. he was appointed
State Register of Voters, and on the 9Th of No
vember 1878, he was unanimously elected po-
lice juror for his parish; he was superintendent
of the United States Mint at New Orleans in
1878, and remained at his post during the cpl
denic of that year; in November, 1879, he was
elected judge of the district composed of the
parishes of Jefferson. Saint Charles and Saint
John, and was reelected unanimously in 1884,
serving until he resigned March 8, 1885, having
been elected to the Forty-ninth Congress as
Republican.
An autopsy showed that death resulted from
the rupture of blood vessel near the heart, pro-
duced, it is believed, by excessive coughing The
remains will leave here at o'clock tomorrow
afternoon for New Orleans. Representatives
St Martin, Ifion, Elsbury, Dorsey and Nc
Comas have been selected to attend the flu
neral