Charles E. Hanson was a member of the

Wisconsin State Assembly The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The Assembly is controlled by the Republican ...

Biography

Hanson was born on February 27, 1855, in Modum, Norway. In 1871, he settled in

Pierce County, Wisconsin Pierce County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 42,212. Its county seat is Ellsworth. Pierce County is part of the Minneapolis– St. Paul– Bloomington, MN–WI Metropolitan Statistical ...

, where he eventually became a farm owner. On April 27, 1879, Hanson married Belle Anderson. They would have six children. Hanson was a member of the

Methodist Episcopal Church The Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC) was the oldest and largest Methodist denomination in the United States from its founding in 1784 until 1939. It was also the first religious denomination in the US to organize itself nationally. In 1939, th ...

. He died in 1932.

Political career

Hanson was elected to the Assembly in 1916, 1918, 1920, 1922 and 1928. During the 1925 session, Hanson was sergeant-at-arms of the Assembly. Other positions he held include Assessor of River Falls (town), Wisconsin and school board member. He was a Republican.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hanson, Charles People from Modum Norwegian emigrants to the United States People from Pierce County, Wisconsin Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly School board members in Wisconsin 20th-century Methodists Farmers from Wisconsin 1855 births 1932 deaths Leaders of the American Society of Equity 20th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature