David Hammons (Maine)

David Hammons ( born May 12, 1808 in Cornish, York County, Massachusetts, † November 7, 1888 in Bethel, Maine ) was an American politician. Between 1847 and 1849 he represented the state of Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

David Hammons was born 1808 in Cornish, that was still part of Massachusetts at that time and since 1820 part of the then newly created State of Maine. He attended the common schools. After a subsequent study of law and its made ​​in 1836 admitted to the bar, he began practicing in his new profession in Lovell.

Politically, joined Hammons President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic Party. In the years 1840 and 1841 he was a member of the Senate of Maine. In 1846 he was the first electoral district of Maine in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC selected. There he met on March 4, 1847 the successor of John Fairfield Scamman. Until March 3, 1849, he was able to complete only one term in Congress. This time was determined by the Mexican-American War, as a result of which large parts were ceded to the west and southwest of the North American continent, from Mexico to the United States. In addition, the northwestern limit was set to Canada on the 49th parallel. On 29 May 1848, the State of Wisconsin was admitted to the Union, which was also now represented in Congress. An indirect long-term consequence was the loss of a congressional mandate for the State of Maine, the 1852 only six deputies, instead of the current seven, could send to Congress.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, David Hammons moved back out of politics. In the following decades he worked as a lawyer. He died on November 7, 1888 in Bethel.

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