James Hawkes (December 13, 1776 Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts – October 2, 1865 Rochester, Monroe County, New York) was an American politician from New York.
Life
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 was buried at the Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester.
References
- United States Congress. "James Hawkes (id: H000366)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 71, 196, 280 and 404; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
| U.S. House of Representatives | ||
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| Preceded byJoseph S. Lyman, Robert Monell |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 15th congressional district 1821–1823 with Samuel Campbell |
Succeeded byJohn Herkimer |
- 1776 births
- 1865 deaths
- People from Petersham, Massachusetts
- Burials at Mount Hope Cemetery (Rochester)
- Sheriffs of Otsego County, New York
- People from Richfield, New York
- Members of the New York State Assembly
- Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
- 19th-century members of the New York State Legislature
- 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives