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Preceded by
  
Name
  
Joseph Hammons

Occupation
  
PhysicianPolitician

Political party
  
Jacksonian

Succeeded by
  

Born
  
March 7, 1787Alstead, Cheshire CountyNew Hampshire, USA (
1787-03-07
)

Died
  
March 29, 1836(1836-03-29) (aged 49)Farmington, Strafford CountyNew Hampshire, USA

Resting place
  
Hammons Family CemeteryFarmington, Strafford CountyNew Hampshire, USA

Joseph Hammons (March 3, 1787 – March 29, 1836) was an American politician and a United States Representative from New Hampshire.

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Early life

Hammons was born in Cornish, York County, Maine, and educated by private tutors and in the common schools. In addition, he studied medicine in Ossipee, Carroll County, New Hampshire and commenced practice in Farmington, Strafford County, New Hampshire in 1817. He was the only physician in town for many years.

Career

Elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses, Hammons served as United States Representative for the state of New Hampshire from (March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833). After leaving Congress, he continued his practice and was postmaster at Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire from June 1833 until his death.

Death

Hammons died in Farmington, Strafford County, New Hampshire, on March 29, 1836 (age 49 years, 26 days). He is interred at the Hammons Family Cemetery, Farmington, Strafford County, New Hampshire.

References

Joseph Hammons Wikipedia


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