Jabez Delano Hammond (August 2, 1778 – August 18, 1855) was an American physician, lawyer, author and politician.

Life

Hammond was born in

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. He practiced medicine in

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, but afterward studied law and followed that profession at Cherry Valley. He was a

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member of the

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from 1815 to 1817, a member of the

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from 1817 to 1821, and a member of the

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in 1818. In 1825, he was appointed one of the commissioners in the settlement of the claims of

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against the

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. In April 1825, he was appointed one of three State Road Commissioners, the other two were

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and George Morell. These commissioners had to "explore and cause surveys to be made of a route for a State road from some point on the North River to some point on

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, through the southern tier of counties." He was First Judge of the Otsego County Court from 1838 to 1843. He was a regent of the

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from 1845 until his death, which occurred in Cherry Valley,

Otsego County, New York Otsego County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,524. The county seat is Cooperstown. The name ''Otsego'' is from a Mohawk or Oneida word meaning "place of the rock." History In 178 ...

Works

''The History of Political Parties in the State of New-York, from the Ratification of the Federal Constitution to 1840''
by Jabez D. Hammond (4th ed., Vol. 1, H. & E. Phinney,

Cooperstown Cooperstown is a village in and county seat of Otsego County, New York, United States. Most of the village lies within the town of Otsego, but some of the eastern part is in the town of Middlefield. Located at the foot of Otsego Lake in the C ...

, 1846)
''Political History of the State of New York from January 1, 1841, to January 1, 1847, Vol III, including the Life of Silas Wright''
(Hall & Dickson, Syracuse NY, 1848) * ''Life and Opinions of

Julius Melbourn The gens Julia (''gēns Iūlia'', ) was one of the most prominent patrician (ancient Rome), patrician families in ancient Rome. Members of the gens attained the highest dignities of the state in the earliest times of the Roman Republic, Republic ...

'' (1847) * ''Life of

Silas Wright Silas Wright Jr. (May 24, 1795 – August 27, 1847) was an American attorney and Democratic politician. A member of the Albany Regency, he served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, New York State Comptroller, United Stat ...

'' (1848)

Sources

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Political Graveyard (name misspelled)

Obit in NYT on August 23, 1855

External links

Life and Opinions of Julius Melbourn; with Sketches of the Lives and Characters of Thomas Jefferson, John Quincy Adams, John Randolph, and Several Other Eminent American Statesmen.
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