Hammond, James Henry

Life Span
to
Full name
James Henry Hammond
Place of Birth
Newberry District, SC
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
South
Origins
Slave State
No. of Siblings
5
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
3
Family
Elisha Hammond (father), Catherine Fox Spann (mother), Catherine Elizabeth Fitzsimmons (wife) 
Education
University of South Carolina
Occupation
Politician
Attorney or Judge
Farmer or Planter
Journalist
Relation to Slavery
Slaveholder
Political Parties
Democratic
Other Affiliations
Fire-Eaters (Secessionists)
Government
US Senate
Governor
Date Event
South Carolina's political leadership meets to decide on secession should Lincoln win the presidency
In Washington D.C., South Carolinian James Chesnut, Jr. becomes the first Southern senator to resign his seat
In Washington D.C., the second South Carolina senator, James Henry Hammond, resigns his seat
Secession
Date Title
New York Times, “South Carolina Senator,” October 12, 1857
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