Background
Hammond, John Wilkes was born on December 16, 1837 in Rochester (now Mattapoisett), Massachusetts, United States. Son of John Wilkes and Maria Louisa (Southworth) Hammond.
Hammond, John Wilkes was born on December 16, 1837 in Rochester (now Mattapoisett), Massachusetts, United States. Son of John Wilkes and Maria Louisa (Southworth) Hammond.
Bachelor of Arts, Tufts College, 1861 (Doctor of Laws, 1891, and Harvard, 1911).
Admitted to bar, 1866. In practice at Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1866-1886. Member Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1872, 1873.
City solicitor, 1873-1886.
Justice Superior Court of Massachusetts, 1886-1898. Justice Supreme Judicial Court, September 7, 1898-December, 1914, resigned.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences.
Married Clara East. Tweed, August 15, 1866.