Background
Hammond, Jabez Delano was born on August 2, 1778 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Jabez and Priscilla (Delano) Hammond.
Hammond, Jabez Delano was born on August 2, 1778 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Jabez and Priscilla (Delano) Hammond.
Master of Arts (honorary), Union College, 1826. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Hamilton College, 1845.
Admitted to New York bar, 1805. Trustee Village of Cherry Valley (New York), 1812. Member United States House of Representatives (Democrat) from New York, 14th Congress, 1815-1817.
Member of New York Senate, 1817-1821.
Commissioner to settle claims of New York against federal government, 1825, 26. Judge Otsego County, New York, 1839-1847.
Superintendent of schools, Otsego County. Regent New York University, 1845.
Member of New York Council of Appointment, 1812-1815.
Author: The History of Political Parties in the State of New York, 1842. The Political History of New York to December 1840, 1843. Life and Opinions of Julius Melbourne, 1847.
Life of Silas Wright, 1848.
Evidence, Independent of Written Revelation, of the Immortality of the Soul, 1851.
Member United States House of Representatives (Democrat) from New York, 14th Congress, 1815-1817. Member of New York Senate, 1817-1821. Member of New York Council of Appointment, 1812-1815.
Married Miranda Stoddard, 1810. Married second, Laura Williams, 1834.