Robert Hanna Hammond

Robert Hanna Hammond (April 28, 1791 – June 2, 1847) was an American politician who served two terms as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1837 to 1841.

Biography Robert Hanna Hammond was born in Milton, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the state militia, with the rank of brigadier general.

Military service He enlisted in the United States Army as a lieutenant in 1817.

Public service He resigned and returned to Milton to serve as register and recorder of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. He served as postmaster of Milton from 1833 to 1837.

Congress Hammond was elected as a Democrat to the twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth congresses.

Later career He reentered the Army and was commissioned paymaster during the Mexican–American War. He was wounded and ordered home on sick leave.

Death and burial He died at sea before reaching port in 1847. Interment in Milton Cemetery in Milton, Pennsylvania.