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Robert H. Hammond

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Robert H. Hammond
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 16th district
In office
March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841
Preceded byJoseph Biles Anthony
Succeeded byJohn Snyder
Personal details
Born
Robert Hanna Hammond

(1791-04-28)April 28, 1791
Milton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedJune 2, 1847(1847-06-02) (aged 56)
At-sea
Resting placeMilton Cemetery
Political partyDemocratic

Robert Hanna Hammond (April 28, 1791 – June 2, 1847) was an American politician who served two terms as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1837 to 1841.

Biography

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Robert Hanna Hammond was born in Milton, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the state militia, with the rank of brigadier general.

Military service

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He enlisted in the United States Army as a lieutenant in 1817.

Public service

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He resigned and returned to Milton to serve as register and recorder of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. He served as postmaster of Milton from 1833 to 1837.

Congress

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Hammond was elected as a Democrat to the twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth congresses.

Later career

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He reentered the Army and was commissioned paymaster during the Mexican–American War. He was wounded and ordered home on sick leave.

Death and burial

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He died at sea before reaching port in 1847. Interment in Milton Cemetery in Milton, Pennsylvania.

Sources

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  • United States Congress. "Robert H. Hammond (id: H000132)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district

1837–1841
Succeeded by