Albert Gallatin Hawes (April 1, 1804 – March 14, 1849) was a
U.S. Representative
The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they c ...
from
Kentucky
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, brother of
Richard Hawes
Richard Hawes Jr. (February 6, 1797 – May 25, 1877) was a United States representative from Kentucky and the second Confederate Governor of Kentucky. He was part of the politically influential Hawes family. His brother, uncle, and cousin al ...
, nephew of
Aylett Hawes, granduncle of
Harry Bartow Hawes, and cousin of
Aylett Hawes Buckner.
Born near
Bowling Green
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Before 1830, when Edwin Beard Budding of Thrupp, near Stroud, UK, invented the lawnmower, lawns were often kept cropped by grazing sheep ...
,
Caroline County, Virginia
Caroline County is a county (United States), United States county located in the eastern part of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia. The northern boundary of the county borders on the Rappahannock River, notably at the hist ...
, Hawes moved to Kentucky in 1810 with his parents, who settled in
Fayette County near
Lexington. He pursued
classical studies at
Transylvania University
Transylvania University is a private university in Lexington, Kentucky. It was founded in 1780 and was the first university in Kentucky. It offers 46 major programs, as well as dual-degree engineering programs, and is accredited by the Southern ...
,
Lexington, Kentucky. He moved to
Hancock County and settled near
Hawesville. He engaged in agricultural pursuits and was a slaveholder.
Hawes was elected as a
Jacksonian to the
Twenty-second,
Twenty-third, and
Twenty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1837). He served as chairman of the
Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Twenty-second through Twenty-fourth Congresses).
After his term in Congress, Hawes resumed agricultural pursuits. He moved to
Daviess County and settled near
Yelvington, Kentucky and continued agricultural pursuits. He died near Yelvington, March 14, 1849. He was interred in the Hawes family burial ground on the Owensboro and Yelvington Road.
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1804 births
1849 deaths
Transylvania University alumni
People from Caroline County, Virginia
Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky
19th-century American politicians
Hawes family
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