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Hawk, Robert Moffett Allison
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Affiliation | Republican |
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Name | Robert Moffett Allison Hawk |
Address | Mount Carroll, Illinois , United States |
Email | None |
Website | None |
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April 23, 1839
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Died | June 29, 1882
(43 years)
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Contributor | Joshua L. |
Last Modifed | RBH Jan 09, 2015 04:07pm |
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Info | HAWK, Robert Moffett Allison, a Representative from Illinois; born near Rushville, Hancock County, Ind., April 23, 1839; moved with his parents to Freedom Township, Carroll County, Ill., in 1844; attended the common and select schools of Carroll County, Ill., and Eureka (Ill.) College; studied law but never practiced; entered the Union Army during the Civil War as first lieutenant September 4, 1862; promoted to captain on January 1, 1863; brevetted major April 10, 1865; moved to Mount Carroll, Ill., in 1865 and engaged in agricultural pursuits; clerk of the court of Carroll County, Ill., from December 13, 1865, to February 27, 1879; elected as a Republican to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses and served from March 4, 1879, until his death in Washington, D.C., June 29, 1882; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Mount Carroll, Ill.
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