Isaac Roberts Hawkins

Isaac Roberts Hawkins

Isaac Roberts Hawkins (born May 16, 1818 in Columbia , Maury County , Tennessee , †  August 12, 1880 in Huntingdon , Tennessee) was an American politician . Between 1866 and 1871 he represented the state of Tennessee in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1828, Isaac Hawkins moved with his parents to Carroll County , where he attended public schools. Then he worked in agriculture. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1843, he began to work in Huntingdon in his new profession. During the Mexican-American War , Hawkins was a lieutenant in the US Army . He then practiced as a lawyer again. In the spring of 1861, Hawkins was a delegate at a conference in Washington attempting unsuccessfully to prevent the outbreak of the civil war . In 1862 he became a district judge. In the further course of the civil war he joined the army of the Union , in which he made it to the rank of lieutenant colonel. In 1864 he was briefly taken prisoner of war. He was later released on a prisoner exchange.

After the readmission of Tennessee, Hawkins was elected as a unionist in the seventh constituency of his state in the US House of Representatives in Washington, where he took up his new mandate on July 24, 1866. After two re-elections, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1871 . There he represented the Republican Party from 1867 . Between 1869 and 1871 he was chairman of the Committee on Mileage . In 1868, Hawkins was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago , where Ulysses S. Grant was nominated as a presidential candidate. During his time as Congressman, the 14th and 15th amendments were passed there.

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Hawkins withdrew from politics. He died on August 12, 1880 in Huntingdon, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Isaac Roberts Hawkins in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Isaac Roberts Hawkins in the database of Find a Grave (English)