William H. Hammett
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William Henry Hammett (unknown - July 9, 1861) was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.
Born March 25, 1799, in Don Manway, County Cork, Ireland, Hammett studied theology. Chaplain of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville 1832-1834 and of the State house of delegates. He moved to Princeton, Mississippi.
Hammett was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1845). He died July 9, 1861, in Washington County, Mississippi.
