William Cicero Hammer (March 24, 1865 – September 26, 1930) was a

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from

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Born near

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, Hammer attended private and common schools. He studied at Yadkin Institute and Western Maryland College,

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. He taught school and was principal of two academies. He was graduated in law from the

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in 1891. He was admitted to the bar in September 1891 and commenced practice in

. He served as mayor of Asheboro, member of the city council, school commissioner (1895–1899), and local Superintendent of public instruction (1891–1895 and again in 1899-1901). He served as solicitor (

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) in the superior court 1901-1914. For more than forty years, Hammer was owner and editor of the ''Asheboro Courier''. He was appointed

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for the Western District of North Carolina on February 24, 1914, and served until September 20, 1920. Hammer was elected as a

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to the Sixty-seventh and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1921, until his death in

, September 26, 1930. He was interred in City Cemetery.

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