Johnie Wright Hammond (born August 22, 1932) is an American politician in the state of

Iowa Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the ...

. Hammond was born in

Eupora, Mississippi Eupora is the largest city in Webster County, central Mississippi. The population was 2,197 at the 2010 census. History Eupora was established in 1889 by European Americans on a spur track of the Georgia Pacific Railway. While there had been agr ...

. She attended University of Texas, University of Minnesota, and Iowa State University. A Democrat, she served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1983 to 1995 (74th district) Iowa Senate from 1995 to 2003. 1st woman in Story County, Iowa to hold office on the county board of supervisors, first woman to represent Ames in the House of Representatives and in the Senate. Reference: Ames Tribune. (31st district).

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