Albert Gallatin Hawes

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Albert Gallatin Hawes (April 1, 1804 – March 14, 1849) was a

Aylett Hawes Buckner
.

Born near

classical studies at Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky. He moved to Hancock County and settled near Hawesville. He engaged in agricultural pursuits and was a slaveholder.[1]

Hawes was elected as a

Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department
(Twenty-second through Twenty-fourth Congresses).

After his term in Congress, Hawes resumed agricultural pursuits. He moved to Daviess County and settled near Yelvington, Kentucky and continued agricultural pursuits. He died near Yelvington, March 14, 1849. He was interred in the Hawes family burial ground on the Owensboro and Yelvington Road.

References

  1. Washington Post
    . Retrieved 30 January 2022.

Sources

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kentucky's 11th congressional district

1831–1833 (obsolete district)
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kentucky's 2nd congressional district

1833–1837
Succeeded by