Jabez Delano Hammond
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Jabez Delano Hammond (August 2, 1778 New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts - August 18, 1855 Cherry Valley, Otsego County, New York) was an American physician, lawyer, author and politician.
[edit] Life
He practiced medicine in Reading, Vermont, but afterward studied law and followed that profession at Cherry Valley.
He was a Democratic-Republican member of the United States Congress from 1815 to 1817, a member of the New York State Senate from 1817 to 1821, and in 1825 he was appointed one of the commissioners in the settlement of the claims of New York State against the Federal Government.
He was elected county judge of Otsego County in 1838, and served five years. He was one of the Regents of New York University from 1845 until his death.
[edit] Works
- The Political History of New York to December 1840 (two volumes, 1843)
- Life and Opinions of Julius Melbourn (1847)
- Life of Silas Wright (1848)
[edit] Sources
- This article incorporates text from an edition of the New International Encyclopedia that is in the public domain.
- Jabez Delano Hammond at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (name misspelled)
- [1] Political Graveyard (name misspelled)
- [2] Obit in NYT on August 23, 1855
