Background
Hawes, Albert Gallatin was born on April 1, 1804 in near Bowling Green, Virginia, United States.
United States representative politician
Hawes, Albert Gallatin was born on April 1, 1804 in near Bowling Green, Virginia, United States.
He pursued classical studies at Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky. He moved to Hancock County and settled near Hawesville. He engaged in agricultural pursuits.
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.
Member United States House