Thomas Hammond (politician)

Thomas Hammond ( born February 27, 1843 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, † September 21, 1909 in Hammond, Indiana ) was an American politician. Between 1893 and 1895 he represented the State of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Thomas Hammond attended the common schools and worked as a carpenter and contract workers. In 1864 he moved to Detroit, Michigan, where he was active in the butcher business. In 1876 he settled in Hammond (Indiana). Between 1888 and 1893 he was mayor of that city; He also went into the banking industry. Between 1892 and 1907 he was president of the Commercial Bank of Hammond.

Politically, Hammond to the Democratic Party. In the congressional elections of 1892 he was in the tenth electoral district of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of David H. Patton on March 4, 1893. Since he resigned in 1894 to run again, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1895. After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives Hammond took his previous activities on again. In addition, he has been renowned in the real estate business. He was also a member of the City Council of Hammond and the local police committee. In this city he died on 21 September 1909.