About James Hawkes
Lived 1776 – 1865 (aged 88). James Hawkes was an American politician and lawyer.
James Hawkes (December 13, 1776 – October 2, 1865) was an American politician from New York.
Life Hawkes was born December 13, 1776 in Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He moved with his parents to Richfield, New York in 1789. He attended the common schools, taught school in Richfield and later in Burlington. Hawkes returned to Richfield, and was Sheriff of Otsego County from 1815 to 1819. He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1820.
Hawkes was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Seventeenth United States Congress, holding office from December 3, 1821, to March 3, 1823.
He died October 2, 1865 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York and was buried at the Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester.
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American politician, New York
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James Hawkes was born on 13 December 1776 in Petersham.
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James Hawkes died on 2 October 1865 in Rochester.
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James Hawkes was a politician and lawyer.
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