Albert Galliton Harrison (June 26, 1800 – September 7, 1839) was a three-termUnited States representative fromMissouri and a slaveholder.^[1] From 1835 to 1839, he served two terms in Congress.

Born inMount Sterling, Kentucky, Harrison graduated fromTransylvania University,Lexington, Kentucky, in 1820. He was then admitted to the bar and began his law practice in Mount Sterling. Seven years later, he moved toFulton, Missouri.

Harrison served as member of the Board of Visitors to theUnited States Military Academy at West Point in 1828, and from 1829 to 1835 was a member of the commission to settle land titles growing out of Spanish grants.

In 1832, he was elected as aJacksonian Democratic Representative to the Twenty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837). Harrison was re-elected as aDemocratic Representative to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1837 – September 7, 1839).

Albert G. Harrison died six months into his third term inFulton, Missouri at the age of 39 in 1839. His remains were interred in theCongressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C..

Harrison County, Missouri is named for him, as is the town of Harrisonville inCass County, Missouri.

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