Edward Hammond (politician)
Edward Hammond (March 17, 1812 – October 19, 1882) was an American Democratic Party politician.
Hammond was born at "Font Hill" near
Anne Arundel County in 1839, 1841, and 1842, and also served as a member of the Maryland Senate
in 1848.
In 1848, Hammond was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses, serving from March 4, 1849, to March 3, 1853. In Congress, he served as chairman of the Committee on Engraving (the functions of which were later taken by the
Committee on Printing).[1] He was not a candidate for renomination in 1852, but was later re-elected to the House of Delegates from Howard County in 1861 and 1867. He was later elected associate judge of the fifth judicial district Maryland in 1867, and was serving in that position when he died at "Font Hill", near Ellicott City
. He is interred in St. John's Cemetery near Ellicott City.
References
- ^ "Guide to House Records: Chapter 12: Records of the Committee on Engraving (1844–60)". U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved September 28, 2013.
External links
- United States Congress. "Edward Hammond (id: H000126)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Yale University profile
- Edward Hammond at Find a Grave
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