He pursued classical studies at Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky.
He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Twenty-second through Twenty-fourth Congresses).
He moved to Daviess County and settled near Yelvington, Kentucky and continued agricultural pursuits.
He was interred in the Hawes family burial ground on the Owensboro and Yelvington Road.
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