Dennis Hammond
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Dennis Hammond | |
|---|---|
| 18th Mayor of Atlanta | |
| In office 1871–1872 | |
| Preceded by | William Ezzard |
| Succeeded by | John H. James |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 15, 1819 Edgefield County, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | October 31, 1891 (aged 71) Orlando, Florida, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
Dennis Fletcher Hammond (December 15, 1819 – October 31, 1891) was born in the Edgefield District of South Carolina. He moved to Georgia where he was a lawyer and, from 1855 to 1861, judge in the superior court Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit.
In Atlanta after the American Civil War, he was politically influenced by William Markham and became a Radical Republican supporting black suffrage.
When Markham refused to run for mayor, Hammond did and was able to briefly unite working-class whites to win the office. This was the last-gasp of Republican power in Reconstruction-era Atlanta.
After serving one term as mayor, he moved to Orlando, Florida in 1880 where he died a decade later.
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