Hammaker, Wilbur Emery, 1876-1968.
Wilbur E. Hammaker was born February 17, 1876 in Springfield, Ohio. He pastored different churches in Ohio then in 1936 he was elected a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He then served in Nanking, China (1936-1939), in the Denver area (1939), and other assignments 1940 to 1948 when he retired. Bishop Hammaker was a leader within the church's temperance movement, serving as president of the Methodist Church Board of Temperance (1944-1948); then vice president in charge of counseling and public relations (1948-1952). He also served as president of the National Temperance and Prohibition Council (1948-1958). He died August 11, 1968.
From the guide to the Wilbur Emery Hammaker papers, 1947-1965, (Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan)
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| creatorOf | Wilbur Emery Hammaker papers, 1947-1965 | Bentley Historical Library | |
| referencedIn | Earl F. Dodge papers, 1906 and 1939-2004 | Bentley Historical Library | |
| creatorOf | Prohibition Party National Committee. Prohibition Party National Committee records, 1872-1972. | Bentley Historical Library | |
| creatorOf | Prohibition National Committee (U.S.). Prohibition National Committee records, 1872-1972. | Bentley Historical Library | |
| referencedIn | Prohibition National Committee (U.S.) records, 1872-1972 | Bentley Historical Library | |
| referencedIn | Delmar D. Gibbons papers, 1932-1967 | Bentley Historical Library |
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| associatedWith | Dodge, Earl Farwell, 1932- | person |
| associatedWith | Gibbons, Delmar D., 1913- | person |
| associatedWith | Hooton, Caradine Ray, 1895- | person |
| associatedWith | Methodist Church (U.S.). General Board of Temperance. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Methodist Episcopal Church. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | National Temperance and Prohibition Council. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Prohibition National Committee (U.S.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Prohibition Party National Committee. | corporateBody |
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Birth 1876
Death 1968
