William Cicero Hammer (March 24, 1865 – September 26, 1930) was a

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from

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. Born near

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, Hammer attended private and common schools. He studied at Yadkin Institute and Western Maryland College, Westminster, Maryland. He taught school and was principal of two academies. He was graduated in law from the

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in 1891. He was admitted to the bar in September 1891 and commenced practice in

. He served as mayor of Asheboro, member of the city council, school commissioner (1895–1899), and local Superintendent of public instruction (1891–1895 and again in 1899-1901). He served as solicitor (

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) in the superior court 1901-1914. For more than forty years, Hammer was owner and editor of the ''Asheboro Courier''. He was appointed

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for the

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on February 24, 1914, and served until September 20, 1920. Hammer was elected as a

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to the Sixty-seventh and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1921, until his death in

, September 26, 1930. He was interred in City Cemetery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hammer, William Cicero 1865 births 1930 deaths University of North Carolina School of Law alumni Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina United States Attorneys for the Western District of North Carolina People from Asheboro, North Carolina

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