Joseph H. Hawkins

Joseph H. Hawkins ( * in Lexington, Kentucky, † 1823 in New Orleans, Louisiana ) was an American politician. In the years 1814 and 1815, he represented the state of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

The date of birth of Joseph Hawkins and his exact date of death are not known. After primary school, followed by a law degree, he started working as a lawyer. Politically, he was a member of the founded by Thomas Jefferson Democratic- Republican Party. Between 1810 and 1813 he was a member of the House of Representatives of Kentucky, and at times its president.

Following the resignation of Mr Henry Clay Hawkins was in the second electoral district of Kentucky as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on 29 March 1814. Since he did not run in the regular congressional elections of 1814, he could only finish the opened term of his predecessor in Congress until March 3, 1815. During this time, ended the British -American War.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Hawkins practiced as a lawyer again. He also worked in retail. In 1819 he moved to New Orleans, where he died in 1823.