Abram Adams Hammond (21 March 1814-27 August 1874) was the Democratic Governor of Indiana from 4 October 1860 to 14 January 1861, succeeding Ashbel P. Willard and preceding Henry S. Lane.
Biography[]
Abram Adams Hammond was born in Brattleboro, Vermont in 1814, and he was raised in Brookville, Indiana before becoming a lawyer in Greenfield, Columbus, Indianapolis, and Terre Haute, as well as brief spells in Cincinnati, Ohio and San Francisco, California. Formerly a Whig, Hammond became a Democrat in 1852 as the remnants of the Whigs integrated with the Democratic Party, and he supported slavery and hoped to draw former Whigs out of the Republican Party. As Lieutenant Governor at the time of Ashbel P. Willard's death in 1860, he became Governor, and he advocated for a peaceful solution to the slavery question and backed Stephen A. Douglas' 1860 presidential bid. He later moved to Denver, Colorado, where he died in 1874.