Born in Black Hawk county, Iowa, June 3, 1850, a son of George W. and Mary (Melrose). He pursued his education in the public schools of Waterloo, Iowa, and at the old Oak Ridge school. He afterward became a student at Goldfield, Iowa, in 1860. Subsequently he studied in the Upper Iowa University at Fayette for four terms and the Master of Arts degree was conferred upon him by that institution. He was eighteen years of age when he started in the cattle business in Goldfield, Iowa, and when a young man of nineteen years he extended the scope of his activities by becoming a school teacher, following the profession for eight terms on the river. He eagerly embraced every opportunity for advancement and various lines of business claimed his attention and profited by his cooperation. At one time he conducted a general store at Goldfield and in 1880, in company with Byron Bliss, of Iowa Falls, Iowa, he came to Kossuth County and platted LuVerne. For five years he was proprietor of a general store here and for a similar period conducted a hardware store. In the same year Mr. Hanna engaged in the banking business, establishing the Bank of LuVerne, of which he has always been the sole owner. In 1876 Mr. Hanna was married to Miss Ophelia K. McIntosh, who was born in Wright County, Iowa. Mr. Hanna holds membership with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He gives his support to the various local churches and he is recognized as a political leader in Kossuth County. He has always been an earnest republican and was both the first postmaster and the first mayor of LuVerne. In 1888 he was a delegate to the republican national convention, which nominated Harrison for the presidency. He was one of the presidential electors for Taft. He served as a member of the Thirtieth and Thirty-first general assemblies of Iowa and left the impress of his individuality upon various legislative enactments during that period.

Born in Black Hawk county, Iowa, June 3, 1850, a son of George W. and Mary (Melrose). He pursued his education in the public schools of Waterloo, Iowa, and at the old Oak Ridge school. He afterward became a student at Goldfield, Iowa, in 1860. Subsequently he studied in the Upper Iowa University at Fayette for four terms and the Master of Arts degree was conferred upon him by that institution. He was eighteen years of age when he started in the cattle business in Goldfield, Iowa, and when a young man of nineteen years he extended the scope of his activities by becoming a school teacher, following the profession for eight terms on the river. He eagerly embraced every opportunity for advancement and various lines of business claimed his attention and profited by his cooperation. At one time he conducted a general store at Goldfield and in 1880, in company with Byron Bliss, of Iowa Falls, Iowa, he came to Kossuth County and platted LuVerne. For five years he was proprietor of a general store here and for a similar period conducted a hardware store. In the same year Mr. Hanna engaged in the banking business, establishing the Bank of LuVerne, of which he has always been the sole owner. In 1876 Mr. Hanna was married to Miss Ophelia K. McIntosh, who was born in Wright County, Iowa. Mr. Hanna holds membership with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He gives his support to the various local churches and he is recognized as a political leader in Kossuth County. He has always been an earnest republican and was both the first postmaster and the first mayor of LuVerne. In 1888 he was a delegate to the republican national convention, which nominated Harrison for the presidency. He was one of the presidential electors for Taft. He served as a member of the Thirtieth and Thirty-first general assemblies of Iowa and left the impress of his individuality upon various legislative enactments during that period.