<Li> Jane Contee Hanson (1747--1781), who married Philip Thomas (1747--1815) </Li> <Li> Peter Contee Hanson (1748--1776), who died in the battle of Fort Washington during the American Revolutionary War . </Li> <Li> Alexander Contee Hanson, Sr. (1749--1806), who was a notable essayist . Alexander Hanson is sometimes confused with his son, Alexander Contee Hanson, Jr. (1786--1819), who became a newspaper editor and US Senator . </Li> <P> In 1898, Douglas H. Thomas, a descendant of Hanson, wrote a biography promoting Hanson as the first true President of the United States . Thomas became the "driving force" behind the selection of Hanson as one of the two people who would represent Maryland in the National Statuary Hall Collection in Washington, D.C. Hanson was not initially on the shortlist for consideration, but he was chosen after lobbying by the Maryland Historical Society . In 1903, bronze statues of Hanson and Charles Carroll by sculptor Richard E. Brooks were added to Statuary Hall; Hanson's is currently located on the 2nd floor of the Senate connecting corridor . Small versions of these two statues (maquettes) sit on the president's desk in the Senate Chamber of the Maryland State House . </P>

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