Hand was born in Cape May, New Jersey on July 7, 1902, and attended the local public schools.

He graduated in 1922 from the Dickinson School of Law, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, was admitted to the New Jersey Bar Association in 1924 and commenced practice in Cape May.

Hand died of a heart attack at his home in the Cold Spring section of Lower Township, New Jersey on December 26, 1956.

[1][2] His remains were cremated at Ewing Cemetery in Trenton, New Jersey and interred in Cold Spring Presbyterian Cemetery in Cold Spring, New Jersey.

[1] This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress