John Hammond (politician, 1827)

John Hammond (born August 17, 1827 in Crown Point , New York , † May 28, 1889 there ) was an American politician . Between 1879 and 1883 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Hammond attended public schools and St. Albans Academy ( Vermont ). Then he graduated from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy . In 1849 he was a pioneer in California . After the outbreak of the civil war , he undertook voluntarily. At that time he held the rank of private . He was promoted to Captain of the cavalry and then to brigadier general . After the end of the war he made iron for 25 years. He was President of Crown Point Iron Co. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party .

In the 1878 congressional election for the 46th Congress , Hammond was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the 18th electoral district of New York , where he succeeded Andrew Williams on March 4, 1879 . He was re-elected once. Since he refused to run again in the election to the House of Representatives of the United States of America in 1882, he resigned from Congress after March 3, 1883 .

He withdrew from his business activities. He died on May 28, 1889 at Crown Point and was then buried in Forest Dale Cemetery .

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SURNAME	Hammond, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	17th August 1827
PLACE OF BIRTH	Crown Point , New York
DATE OF DEATH	May 28, 1889
Place of death	Crown Point , New York