Education
Born in Newport, Rhode Island, Hazard was graduated from Brown University in 1792.
United States representative politician
Born in Newport, Rhode Island, Hazard was graduated from Brown University in 1792.
Hazard was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Sixteenth Congress and served from March 4, 1819, until his death in Washington, District of Columbia, on December 17, 1820. He was interred in the Congressional Cemetery.
He served as a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives and served as speaker.