Nathaniel Job Hammond | |
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| Member of the United States House of Representatives from Georgia's 5th Congressional District | |
| In office March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1887 | |
| Preceded by | Milton A. Candler |
| Succeeded by | John D. Stewart |
| Georgia Attorney General | |
| In office 1872–1877 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 26, 1833 Elbert County, Georgia |
| Died | April 20, 1899 (aged 65) Atlanta, Georgia |
| Resting place | Oakland Cemetery |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Laura Lewis |
| Profession | Lawyer |
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Nathaniel Job Hammond (December 26, 1833 – April 20, 1899) was a jurist and politician from the American state of Georgia. A Democrat, Hammond was the Attorney General of Georgia from 1872 to 1877, before serving in the United States House of Representatives from 1879 to 1887.
Early years and education[edit]
Hammond was born in Elbert County, Georgia on December 26, 1833, to Amos Worrill and Eliza Caroline (Hudson) Hammond.[1] He graduated from the University of Georgia in Athens in 1852 at the age of 19, with a Bachelor of Arts. He was admitted to the state bar the next year and began practicing law in Atlanta, Georgia in partnership with his father.[1]
Legal career[edit]
In 1861, Hammond was elected as the solicitor general of the Atlanta circuit and served in that position until 1865. In 1867, he became a reporter of the Supreme Court of Georgia and served in that capacity until 1872 when he became Georgia's Attorney General (1872–1877). Hammond also served as a trustee of the University of Georgia beginning in 1871 and remained on the board until his death in 1899. He was chairman his last few years of service and authored a book entitled The University of Georgia and the Constitution[1] as well as The University of Georgia: A Short History of its Endowment and Legal Status.[2]
Hammond was a member and noted leader of the Georgia constitutional conventions in 1865 and 1877 that were tasked with creating a new state constitution.[1] He also served as president of the board of trustees of the Atlanta College of Physicians and Surgeons.[1]
Political service[edit]
In 1878, Hammond won election to the United States House of Representatives and was re-elected for three more terms (1880, 1882, and 1884) before losing his seat in 1886 to John D. Stewart.
Later years and death[edit]
Hammond married Laura Lewis in 1858.[1] After his election defeat in 1886 he resumed his career as a lawyer. He died in Atlanta on April 20, 1899, and was buried in that city's Oakland Cemetery.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f Johnson, Rossiter; John Howard Brown (1904). The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans ... Biographical Society. p. 74.
- ^ N. J. Hammond (1893). The University of Georgia: A Short History of Its Endowment and Legal Status, as a Defense of Its Administration, Together with a Defense of the Constitutions of the United States and of Georgia Against the Charge of Hostility to the Christian Religion. Franklin printing and publishing Company. pp. 1–66.
