Abram A. Hammond

Abram Adams Hammond ( born March 21, 1814 Brattleboro, Vermont; † August 27, 1874 in Denver, Colorado ) was an American politician and 1860-1861 the 12th Governor of Indiana.

Early years

At the age of six years came Hammond with his parents to Brookville, Indiana. There he attended the public schools. After studying law he was admitted in 1835 as a lawyer. In the following years he practiced in Ohio, before he returned in 1849 to Indiana. In 1849, Hammond was judge in Marion County. This office he held until 1852. Then went for a short time to San Francisco, California, where he worked as a lawyer. A year later, he returned to Indiana. He moved to the city of Terre Haute, where he opened a new practice. Originally Hammond member of the Whigs. When they broke up in the early 1850s, he appeared on as many of his fellow party members to the Democratic Party. Between 1857 and 1860, Hammond was Lieutenant Governor of Indiana, and thus representative of Governor Ashbel Willard. After his death on October 4, 1860 Hammond fell to the governorship.

Governor of Indiana

Hammond's main task as governor was the completion of the tenure of his deceased predecessor. In his short tenure, he championed a law to secure ballot boxes in general elections. Apparently there was this thing in Indiana action. In the field of juvenile justice, he called for the construction of a home for juvenile offenders, which was actually built some years later. Hammond's short term of office ended on 14 January 1861. Shortly thereafter, he contracted rheumatism and asthma. He retired from politics and moved for health reasons to Denver in Colorado. There he is deceased by 1874. He was married to Mary B. Amsden. The couple had a child.