Joseph Hammons

Joseph Hammons (* March 3, 1787 in Cornish, York County, Massachusetts, † March 29, 1836 in Farmington, New Hampshire ) was an American politician. Between 1829 and 1833 he represented the State of New Hampshire in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Joseph Hammons was born in 1787 in Cornish in present-day Maine. He attended both public and private schools. After studying medicine in Ossipee (New Hampshire ), he began to practice as a doctor in 1817 in Farmington. Politically, Hammons was a supporter of Andrew Jackson, in the Democratic Party he entered.

In the congressional elections of 1828, which were held all across the state, he was for the third parliamentary seat from New Hampshire in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of David Barker on March 4, 1829. After a re-election in 1830 he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1833 two legislative sessions. This period was overshadowed by discussions on the policies of President Jackson. This is discussed included the plan for the destruction of the Bundesbank, the conflict with the State of South Carolina, which led to Nullifikationskrise, and the enforcement of the Indian Removal Act.

After the end of his time in the House of Representatives was Hammons postmaster at Dover. This post he held from June 1833 to his death on March 29, 1836.