Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Haun, Henry P.

HAUN, Henrv P., jurist, b. in Scott county, Ky., 18 Jan., 1815; d. in Maysville, Cal., 6 May. 1860. He was well educated, and, having studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1839. He removed to Iowa in 1845, and was a member of the convention that framed the constitution of that state in 1846. In 1849 he removed to Yuba county, Cal., and in 1851 was elected county judge. He was afterward Democratic candidate for governor of the state, and was then appointed a U. S. senator in place of David C. Broderick, serving from 5 Dec, 1859, till 5 March, 1860.