Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1904-02-19
SENATOR uA<NA'S CAREER.
l!:at"ry of Ills successful Rise In
business and Politics.

Marcus Alonzo Hanna was born in New
Lisbon, Columbia county O., on Septcm-
Der 20. 1891. He attended the public Eil-
lag" school and high school at cleveland,
being conspicuous already when Il small
cation, Most Of the boys at that time
thought 1t foolish to 30 t" school longer
than until their thirteenth year, but Mar
Gus Hanna insisted that he be sent to the
high school, and his father consented on
the condition that he was to spend all
the tim" not occupied in, school work Ia
helping his father in hiss store. This
store was owned by a firm named Hanna,
GarretsoE * CO.. but though IN" older
Mr.. Hanna was "A good business. man:
the st"r" was no success. At III" age Of
20 young Marcus Hanna "nlcr"d IN" en-
plcy of his fathers firm, and I'VE years
later, on tn" death of his f,,h"r, in 1862,
he assumed control Of the business and
conducted 1t until 1861, when the irIn was
dissolved.
ISOLATED himself with the firm of Rhodes
u CO., the pioneer coal and iron firm of
cleveland. He retained his connection
with this firm until 1887, when h" hrcain.
senior partner and changed the name 81
the hrIm to NJ. A., Hanna & Co.
shipping Max mite.
In that year he organized and equipped
The Cleveland Transportation co. one or
the largest lines operating on Ia" Great
lakes, lie tnld, som" years hHu' 40" ms
idea haa entered his head when he was
,,i.l q sTI ice s,lG GI' RI had On a r 9nF E Geai ty
do with transportation on III" Great
lakes, as many of our goods wer" shipped
by that route. l gradually saw that 1t
would pay me to become Interested III
lax. vessels, 80 bought part shares in
several of them. AZ our business IN
creased determined to own vessels OF
my own, 50 bought one ana named u
after my father, Leonard Hanna. Then.
Hs ! needed more vessels, ! determined 10
build them myself, and ] started a snip
buildlrg company.
in,rres,"d IL Iron Mines.
'"rh.s company has finally become tho
greatest all over the northwest, and ships
iron ard or" on It's own vessels. In mat
way became interested more in iron
mines and shipbuildIug than IN tn" gro
Gerry business. II | had never needed ships
! In tn" grocery business | should probably
never hHv" owned amy, and had never
owned any | should have had no reason
for building them, and had | no, butt
ships should most likely own no IRON
mines Ia lsii h" was elected to the
| presidency OF IN" Cleveland Union ma
tional bank, and in III" same year he was
of ONO 10 the Republican national con,
v|cntion. lie was a warm personal friend
Of senator John sherman, ana strongly
advocated him for the presidential nom
nation in 1850, 1854 and i.sN, ~ ls%5 and
1851 he took charge Of MAJ. Mcklnl'y'a
preliminary c2nyass for NE pr",id"ncy,
chosen chairman of ia" national cOnmit-
tee and given the entire conduct Of the
campaign TINS position he has occupied
becomes United states senator.
Mir. Hanna organized and controlled
many Industries, employing u larg" mum
Der Of men, often as many as ten thou-
sand. lie was always highly respected
and we'll thought of by his employees. who
might see him at amy time they had any
grievance or complaint TO, make. This re
latiuuShip with his employees gave him
a great labor following IN political mat
tiers n ohio. ON March 2, ~. Mr.. Han
ma was appointed United States senator
;. Dy GOV. Bushnell OF ohio, to III the va
CanCy caused by tn" resignation OF John