Nathaniel Job Hammond

Nathaniel Job Hammond (December 26, 1833 – April 20, 1899) was a jurist and politician from the American state of Georgia.

Nathaniel Job Hammond
Member of the United States House of Representatives from Georgia's 5th Congressional District
In office March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1887
Preceded by	Milton A. Candler
Succeeded by	John D. Stewart
Georgia Attorney General
In office 1872–1877
Personal details
Born	December 26, 1833 Elbert County, Georgia
Died	April 20, 1899 (aged 65) Atlanta, Georgia
Resting place	Oakland Cemetery
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Laura Lewis
Profession	Lawyer

Early years and education

Hammond was born in Elbert County, Georgia on December 26, 1833 to Amos Worrill and Eliza Caroline (Hudson) Hammond.[1] He graduated from the University of Georgia in Athens in 1852 at the age of 19, with a Bachelor of Arts. He was admitted to the state bar the next year and began practicing law in Atlanta, Georgia in partnership with his father.[1]

Legal career

In 1861, Hammond was elected as the solicitor general of the Atlanta circuit and served in that position until 1865. In 1867, he became a reporter of the Supreme Court of Georgia and served in that capacity until 1872 when he became Georgia's attorney general (1872–1877). Hammond also served as a trustee of the University of Georgia beginning in 1871 and remained on the board until his death in 1899. He was Chairman his last few years of service and authored a book entitled The University of Georgia and the Constitution[1] as well as The University of Georgia: A Short History of its Endowment and Legal Status.[2]

Hammond was a member and noted leader of the Georgia constitutional conventions in 1865 and 1877 that were tasked with creating a new state constitution.[1] He also served as president of the board of trustees of the Atlanta College of Physicians and Surgeons.[1]

Political service

In 1878, Hammond won election to the United States House of Representatives and was re-elected for three more terms (1880, 1882, and 1884) before losing his seat in 1886 to John D. Stewart.

Later years and death

Hammond married Laura Lewis in 1858.[1] After his election defeat in 1886 he resumed his career as a lawyer. He died in Atlanta on April 20, 1899 and was buried in that city's Oakland Cemetery.

References

1. Rossiter Johnson; John Howard Brown (1904). The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans ... Biographical Society. p. 74.
2. N. J. Hammond (1893). The University of Georgia: A Short History of Its Endowment and Legal Status, as a Defense of Its Administration, Together with a Defense of the Constitutions of the United States and of Georgia Against the Charge of Hostility to the Christian Religion. Franklin printing and publishing Company. pp. 1–66.

External links

• United States Congress. "Nathaniel Job Hammond (id: H000130)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• History of the University of Georgia, Thomas Walter Reed, Imprint: Athens, Georgia : University of Georgia, ca. 1949 pp. 556–557
• Nathaniel Job Hammond at Find a Grave