Albert Galliton Harrison (June 26, 1800 – September 7, 1839) was a three-term

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from

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and a slaveholder. From 1835 to 1839, he served two terms in Congress.

Biography

Born in

Mount Sterling, Kentucky Mount Sterling, often written as Mt. Sterling, is a home rule-class city in Montgomery County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 7,558 as of the 2020 census, up from 6,895 in 2010. It is the county seat of Montgomery County and the pr ...

, Harrison graduated from

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, in 1820. He was then admitted to the bar and began his law practice in Mount Sterling. Seven years later, he moved to

Fulton, Missouri Fulton is the largest city in and the county seat of Callaway County, Missouri, Callaway County, Missouri, United States. Located about northeast of Jefferson City, Missouri, Jefferson City and the Missouri River and east of Columbia, Missouri, ...

. Harrison served as member of the Board of Visitors to the

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at West Point in 1828, and from 1829 to 1835 was a member of the commission to settle land titles growing out of Spanish grants.

Congress

In 1832, he was elected as a Jacksonian Democratic Representative to the Twenty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837). Harrison was re-elected as a Democratic Representative to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1837 – September 7, 1839).

Death

Albert G. Harrison died six months into his third term in

at the age of 39 in 1839. His remains were interred in the

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, Washington, D.C..

Tributes

Harrison County, Missouri Harrison County is a County (United States), county located in the northwest portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 8,157. It's county seat is Bethany, Missouri, Bethany. The ...

is named for him, as is the town of Harrisonville in

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