James C. Hanson (July 11, 1862 – February 1, 1946) was a farmer and insurance executive who served as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. Background and work Hanson was born at Slysrup on the island of Lolland, Denmark on July 11, 1862. His family left Denmark for Christiana, Dane County, Wisconsin when he was a child; his father, a brother, and a sister all died during a cholera epidemic during the voyage. He went to Albion Academy and Milton College. Later, he lived in Deerfield, Wisconsin. He was a farmer, and active in the cooperative movement. He also worked as a director of the Albion Insurance Company, retiring after fifty years in March 1943. Legislative career and after Hanson was a member of the Assembly from 1917 to 1940. He was a member of the Republican Party and the Wisconsin Progressive Party. He died of a heart attack at his daughter's home in Christiana in 1946. References External links The Political Graveyard People from Lolland Danish emigrants to the United States People from Christiana, Dane County, Wisconsin Milton College alumni Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly Wisconsin Progressives (1924) 20th-century American politicians 1862 births 1946 deaths People from Deerfield, Wisconsin