- Dennis Hammond
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Dennis 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 wanting Blacks to have the right to vote.
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.
Preceded by
William EzzardMayor of Atlanta
1871 – 1872Succeeded by
John H. JamesMayors of Atlanta Formwalt · Bomar · Buell · Norcross · Gibbs · Mims · Markham · Butt · Nelson · J. Glen · Ezzard · L. Glenn · Ezzard · Whitaker · Lowe · J. Calhoun · Williams · Hulsey · Ezzard · Hammond · James · Hammock · Spencer · Hammock · Angier · W.L. Calhoun · English · Goodwin · Hillyer · Cooper · J.T. Glenn · Hemphill · Goodwin · King · Collier · Woodward · Mims · Howell · Woodward · Joyner · Maddox · Winn · Woodward · Candler · Key · Sims · Ragsdale · Key · Hartsfield · LeCraw · Lyle · Hartsfield · Allen · Massell · Jackson · Young · Jackson · Campbell · Franklin · Reed
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