Nathaniel Job Hammond

Nathaniel Job Hammond

Nathaniel Job Hammond (born December 26, 1833 in Elbert County , Georgia , †  April 20, 1899 in Atlanta , Georgia) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1879 and 1887 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Nathaniel Hammond attended public schools in his home country and then studied at the University of Georgia in Athens until 1852 . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1853, he began to work in his new profession in Atlanta. Between 1861 and 1865 he was a prosecutor in the Atlanta Judicial District. Between 1867 and 1872 he served as clerk to the Georgia Supreme Court. Politically, Hammond joined the Democratic Party . From 1872 to 1877 he held the office of Attorney General of his state. He served on meetings revising the Georgia Constitution in 1865 and 1877. From 1872 he was also a curator of the University of Georgia.

In the 1878 congressional election , Hammond was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fifth constituency of Georgia , where he succeeded Milton A. Candler on March 4, 1879 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete four legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1887 . For the elections of 1886 Hammond was no longer nominated by his party for another legislature. In the following years he worked again as a lawyer in Atlanta. He died there on April 20, 1899.

Web links

• Nathaniel Job Hammond in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Nathaniel Hammond job in the database of Find a Grave (English)