Joseph Hammons

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Joseph Hammons (March 3, 1787 – March 29, 1836) was a United States Representative from New Hampshire. He was born in Cornish, Maine and educated by private tutors and in the common schools. In addition, he studied medicine in Ossipee, New Hampshire and commenced practice in Farmington, New Hampshire in 1817.

Hammons was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses (March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833). After leaving Congress, he was postmaster at Dover, New Hampshire from June 1833 until his death in Farmington in 1836. He was buried in the old family cemetery.

References

Joseph Hammons at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 56499277 LCCN: nr95010769

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Name	Hammons, Joseph
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Short description	American politician
Date of birth	March 3, 1787
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Date of death	1838
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