William Henry Hammett (March 25, 1799 – July 9, 1861) was an American clergyman and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Mississippi from 1843 to 1845.
Born in Dunmanway, County Cork, Ireland, Hammett studied theology.
[citation needed] Hammett was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845).
[citation needed] He died July 9, 1861, in Washington County, Mississippi.
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