Richard L. Hanna

Richard Louis Hanna (January 25, 1951 – March 15, 2020) was an American politician. He was a U.S. Representative from New York from 2011 to 2017. He was known for being the second Republican U.S. Representative to support same-sex marriage in the United States.

Hanna was known for his bipartisanship. He was against Obamacare and the Patriot Act. Hanna supported Equal Rights Amendment, abortion and supported female Democratic candidates.

In December 2015, Hanna announced he would not run for re-election in the 2016 election citing his retirement due to family issues.

On August 2, 2016, Hanna became the first sitting Republican member of Congress to say that he would vote for Hillary Clinton for President over Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election.

Hanna died on March 15, 2020 under hospice care in New Hartford, New York of cancer, aged 69.Former Rep. Richard Hanna, GOP moderate from Upstate NY, dies at 69

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