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Marcus Aurelius Hanna (November 3, 1842 – December 21, 1921) was an American lighthouse keeper famous for his heroism. He is the only person in history to have received both the Medal of Honor and the Gold Lifesaving Medal.
Marcus Alonzo Hanna (September 24, 1837 – February 15, 1904) was an American businessman and Republican politician who served as a United States Senator from Ohio as well as chairman of the Republican National Committee.
Marcus A. Hanna: A Featured Biography. Mark Hanna excelled in business before applying his considerable talent and enormous wealth to politics. He used both attributes to bolster the presidential campaigns of fellow Ohioans Rutherford Hayes in 1876 and James Garfield in 1880.
Marcus Alonzo Hanna was born in New Lisbon, Ohio, in 1837. At age 15 he moved to Cleveland, where his father established a grocery business. By age 25 Mark Hanna ran that business. He married the daughter of a wealthy coal magnate, and before long he controlled that enterprise, too.
HANNA, MARCUS ALONZO (24 Sept. 1837-15 Feb. 1904), businessman, national Republican leader, and U.S. senator, was born in New Lisbon, Ohio to Leonard and Samantha Converse Hanna. His family came to Cleveland in 1852, where Hanna attended CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, and later Western Reserve College in Hudson (1857-58).
Marcus Alonzo Hanna (1837-1904), a wealthy Ohio industrialist, political organizer, and United States Senator, epitomized the close relationship that existed between the titans of industry and politicians during America's Gilded Age.
In all of American history, only one person—Marcus A. Hanna (1842-1921)—has ever received both the Congressional Medal of Honor and its civilian counterpart, the gold Lifesaving Medal. The first medal he received for his heroic actions during the Civil War; the second as a result of his activities as, of all things, a lighthouse keeper.
Marcus Alonzo Hanna was born in what is now Lisbon, Ohio, in 1837. As a teenager, he moved with his family to Cleveland. He attended public schools and was a classmate of John D....
Marcus Alonzo Hanna was a prominent politician and United States Senator from Ohio during the late nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries. Hanna was born on September 24, 1837, at New Lisbon, Ohio.
Lighthouse Keeper Marcus Hanna Involved in the Most Dangerous Rescue At Cape Elizabeth Light in Maine. Marcus Hanna was transferred as head keeper to Cape Elizabeth Lighthouse in 1873 from Pemaquid Point Lighthouse. He was to become infamous for one of the most daring rescues in lighthouse history. The rescue is not famous for the number of ...