John H. Harmanson

John Henry Harmanson was a U.S. representative from Louisiana.
Born in Norfolk, Virginia, Harmanson pursued classical studies and was graduated from Jefferson College, Washington, Mississippi.
He moved to Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, in 1830 and engaged in agricultural pursuits.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar and practiced.
He served as member of the State senate in 1844.
Harmanson won an 1845 special election as a Democrat and was reelected twice. He served in the Twenty-ninth, Thirtieth, and Thirty-first Congresses, December 1, 1845, until his death in New Orleans, Louisiana, October 24, 1850.
He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department.
He was interred in Moreau Plantation Cemetery, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana.