Lewis Hanback (March 27, 1839 – September 7, 1897) was a

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from

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. Born in

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, Hanback attended the common schools and Cherry Grove Seminary in

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, for three years. He taught school in

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, in 1860 and 1861. During the

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he enlisted as a private in the Illinois Volunteer Infantry and was promoted to brigade inspector. He studied law in

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. He returned to Illinois and from there moved to

Topeka, Kansas Topeka ( ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County. It is along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, in northeastern Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2020 cen ...

. He was

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in 1865 and practiced. Hanback was elected Justice of the Peace in 1867. He was Probate judge of Shawnee County from 1868 to 1872. He served as assistant chief clerk of the State house of representatives. He served as assistant secretary of the State senate in 1877. He served as assistant United States district attorney of Kansas 1877–1879. He served as Receiver of public moneys at

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. Hanback was elected as a Republican to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887). He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election to the Fiftieth Congress. He resumed the practice of law. He died in

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, September 7, 1897. He was interred in Topeka Cemetery,

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