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Hanna was inducted in 1993 into the LSU Manship J-School Hall of Fame in Baton Rouge.<ref name=lsu/> On that occasion, he was asked to address the state legislature and receive accolades for his work.<ref name=obit/>  In 1995, Hanna became among the relatively few journalists inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield. In 2004, Hanna was entered into the "50-Year Club" by the Louisiana Press Association, which he joined as a student journalist.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.lapress.com/50yearclub.htm|title=50-Year Club|publisher=laspress.com|accessdate=December 29, 2009}}</ref> After Hanna's death, the press association renamed its annual "Best Regular Column" as the “Sam Hanna Award.<ref name=lpa/>​

Hanna was inducted in 1993 into the LSU Manship J-School Hall of Fame in Baton Rouge.<ref name=lsu/> On that occasion, he was asked to address the state legislature and receive accolades for his work.<ref name=obit/>  In 1995, Hanna became among the relatively few journalists inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield. In 2004, Hanna was entered into the "50-Year Club" by the Louisiana Press Association, which he joined as a student journalist.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.lapress.com/50yearclub.htm|title=50-Year Club|publisher=laspress.com|accessdate=December 29, 2009}}</ref> After Hanna's death, the press association renamed its annual "Best Regular Column" as the “Sam Hanna Award.<ref name=lpa/>​

Upon his death, Kathy Spurlock, then the executive editor of ''The News-Star,'' called Hanna "the dean of the state’s newspaper publishers, the most knowledgeable about state politics, certainly the one with the most institutional knowledge."<ref name=eandp>"Sam Hanna, Political Columnist and Publisher, Dies at 72," ''Editor and Publisher'' magazine, January 16, 2006}}</ref>​

Upon his death, Kathy Spurlock, then the executive editor of the ''[[Monroe News Star]],'' called Hanna "the dean of the state’s newspaper publishers, the most knowledgeable about state politics, certainly the one with the most institutional knowledge."<ref name=eandp>"Sam Hanna, Political Columnist and Publisher, Dies at 72," ''Editor and Publisher'' magazine, January 16, 2006.</ref>​

[[Al Ater]], a Ferriday farmer who was a former state representative and the acting Louisiana secretary of state at the time of Hanna's death, was an honorary pallbearer at the funeral, along with former [[U.S. Representative]] John Cooksey of Monroe, a [[Republican Party|Republican]], and former state Representative [[Bryant Hammett]], a Democrat from Ferriday. Ater said that few individuals had "their finger on the pulse of politics in Louisiana more than he did. He had a sixth sense of the happenings of the political situation in this state -- police jury to governor, your source for information was Sam Hanna."<ref name=eandp/>​

[[Al Ater]], a Ferriday farmer who was a former state representative and the acting Louisiana secretary of state at the time of Hanna's death, was an honorary pallbearer at the funeral, along with former [[U.S. Representative]] John Cooksey of Monroe, a [[Republican Party|Republican]], and former state Representative [[Bryant Hammett]], a Democrat from Ferriday. Ater said that few individuals had "their finger on the pulse of politics in Louisiana more than he did. He had a sixth sense of the happenings of the political situation in this state -- police jury to governor, your source for information was Sam Hanna."<ref name=eandp/>​