Hammond, James Henry, 1807-1864
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James Henry Hammond (1807-1864) was a lawyer and planter, and an early advocate of nullification and secession. He was Democratic governor of South Carolina for the period 1842 to 1844, and was a U.S. Senator, for the period 1857 to 1860. As a senator he began to doubt the wisdom of secession.
James henry Hammond (1807-1864) was a South Carolina planter who served in the U.S. House from South Carolina (1834), as governor of South Carolina (1842-1844), and as U.S. Senator from South Carolina (1857-1860).
U.S. senator from and governor of South Carolina and plantation owner.
John Henry Hammond was a lawyer and newspaper editor of Columbia, S.C. In 1831 Hammond married Catherine E. FitzSimons, daughter of a wealthy Charleston merchant, and acquired the "Silver Bluff" cotton plantation on the Savannah River in the marriage settlement. He was elected U.S. senator in 1834 and governor of South Carolina in 1842. He returned to the U.S. Senate in 1857 but resigned his seat when Lincoln was elected.
Lawyer, U.S. Congressman, 1835-1836; governor of South Carolina, 1842-1844; and U.S. Senator, 1857-1860; from Newberry District, S.C.
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Aiken County (S.C.)
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Silver Bluff Plantation (Beaufort District, S.C.)
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