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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MarylandEdward HAMMOND
(1812-1882)
HAMMOND, Edward, a
Representative from Maryland; born at “Font Hill,” near
Ellicott City, Anne Arundel (now Howard) County, Md., March 17,
1812; attended the common schools, Rockhill Academy, and was
graduated from Yale College in 1830; studied law in New Haven,
Conn., and in Baltimore, Md.; was admitted to the bar in 1833 and
commenced practice in Annapolis, Md.; served in the State house of
delegates from Anne Arundel County in 1839, 1841, and 1842; member
of the State senate in 1848; elected as a Democrat to the
Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses (March 4, 1849-March 3,
1853); chairman, Committee on Engraving (Thirty-first and
Thirty-second Congresses); was not a candidate for renomination in
1852; elected to the State house of delegates from Howard County in
1861 and 1867; elected associate judge of the fifth judicial
district in 1867 and was serving in that position when he died at
“Font Hill,” near Ellicott City, Md., October 19, 1882;
interment in St. John’s Cemetery, near Ellicott City, Md.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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