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HAMMETT, William Henry (1799-1861)

Democrat of Mississippi

98th congressional district

Served in House 1843-1845

Total roll-call votes cast: 411

Biography

Representative from Mississippi; born March 25, 1799, in Dunmaway County Cork, Ireland; studied theology and medicine; elected Chaplain of the House of Representatives to the Twenty-second Congress (December 12, 1832- March 2, 1833); chaplain of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va., 1833-1834; chaplain of the Virginia state house of delegates; moved to Princeton, Miss.; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1845); died June 9, 1861, in Washington County, Miss.
Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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