James Hawkes (congressman)

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James Hawkes (December 13, 1776 Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts - October 2, 1865 Rochester, Monroe County, New York) was an American politician from New York.

Life

He removed with his parents to Richfield, New York in 1789. He attended the common schools, taught school in Richfield and later in Burlington. Hawkes returned to Richfield, and was Sheriff of Otsego County from 1815 to 1819. He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1820.

Hawkes was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Seventeenth United States Congress, holding office from December 3, 1821, to March 3, 1823.

He was buried at the Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester.

References

James Hawkes at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 71, 196, 280 and 404; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858) [gives "Hawks" as surname except at Congress list]

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Joseph S. Lyman, Robert Monell	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 15th congressional district 1821 - 1823 with Samuel Campbell	Succeeded by John Herkimer

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Name	Hawkes, James
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Short description	American politician
Date of birth	December 13, 1776
Place of birth
Date of death	October 2, 1865
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