David Hammons (politician)

David Hammons (born May 12, 1808 in Cornish , York County , Massachusetts , † November 7, 1888 in Bethel , Maine ) was an American politician . Between 1847 and 1849 he represented the state of Maine in the US House of Representatives .

Career

David Hammons was born in 1808 in Cornish, which was then still part of Massachusetts and has been part of the then newly created state of Maine since 1820. He attended the public schools in his home country. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1836, he began to practice in Lovell in his new profession.

Politically, Hammons joined President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic Party . He was a member of the Maine Senate in 1840 and 1841 . In 1846 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of Maine . There he took over from John Fairfield Scamman on March 4, 1847 . Until March 3, 1849, he could only serve one term in Congress . This time was determined by the Mexican-American War , as a result of which large parts of the west and southwest of the North American continent were ceded by Mexico to the United States. In addition, the northwestern border with Canada was set at the 49th parallel. On May 29, 1848, the state of Wisconsin was admitted to the Union, which was immediately represented in Congress. An indirect long-term consequence was the loss of a congressional mandate for the state of Maine, which from 1852 could only send six members to Congress instead of the previous seven.

After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, David Hammons withdrew from politics. In the following decades he worked as a lawyer. He died in Bethel on November 7, 1888.

Web links

• David Hammons in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• David Hammons in the database of Find a Grave (English)