a military officer who came to Hanson's defense, died as a result of the violence. Hanson also received help from Revolutionary War Hero and father of Robert E. Lee, Henry Lee III, who received grave injuries. Another man John Thompson recounts being tarred and feathered by the mob and stated that the rioters brought a field gun to besiege Hanson's house, although the arrival of the mayor and other city officials stopped it from being fired. Hanson moved the paper to Georgetown, D.C., where he published it unmolested. Hanson later moved to Elkridge, Maryland. United States Congress In 1812, Hanson was elected as a Federalist representing the third district to the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1813, until his resignation in 1816. Hanson was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1815. He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1816 for election to the Maryland House of Delegates, but was elected as a Federalist to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Robert Goodloe Harper. He served as senator from December 20, 1816, until his own death on his estate, "Belmont", near Elkridge, Maryland. Personal life On June 25, 1805, he was married to Priscilla Dorsey. They had many children, but only one lived to have heirs: Charles Grosvenor Hanson (1815/6–1880), who married Annie Maria Worthington (1821–1873), daughter of John Tolley Hood Worthington (1788-1849), on April 16, 1840. He was interred in the family burial ground at his estate, Belmont. Descendants His grandchildren included Alexander Contee Hanson (1840–1857), Mary Worthington Hanson (1842–1863), John Worthington Hanson (1844–1916), Priscilla Hanson (1846–1925), Charles Edward Hanson (b. 1848), Murray Hanson (b. 1851), Samuel Contee Hanson (1854–1889), Grosvenor Hanson (1856–1916), Annie Maria "Nannie" Hanson (1858–1943), and Florence Contee Hanson (1860–1935). See also List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899) References External links Paul A. Gilje, "The Baltimore Riots of 1812 and the Breakdown of the Anglo-American Mob Tradition," Journal of Social History 13 (Summer 1980): 547–564. PBS Documentary on The War of 1812 Baltimore Riot of 1812 contemporary account a summary 1786 births 1819 deaths United States senators from Maryland Members of the Maryland House of Delegates 19th-century American newspaper editors St. John's College (Annapolis/Santa Fe) alumni Politicians from Annapolis, Maryland Federalist Party United States senators American people of English descent Federalist Party members of the United States House of Representatives