John C. Hammond

John Chester Hammond (August 15, 1842 - April 21, 1926) was a Northampton, Massachusetts lawyer and later Northwestern District Attorney of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He employed recent Amherst College graduate (and later US President) Calvin Coolidge in his firm "Hammond & Field" in 1895. Hammond had served as President of Massachusetts Bar in 1913, and was Dean of the Hampshire County Bar for several years prior. He died in the shingle-style Queen Anne home he had built in 1891, located in the now-named Elm Street Historic District of Northampton, Massachusetts.

John C. Hammond

John Chester Hammond (August 15, 1842 - April 21, 1926) was a Northampton, Massachusetts lawyer and later Northwestern District Attorney of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He employed recent Amherst College graduate (and later US President) Calvin Coolidge in his firm "Hammond & Field" in 1895. Hammond had served as President of Massachusetts Bar in 1913, and was Dean of the Hampshire County Bar for several years prior. He died in the shingle-style Queen Anne home he had built in 1891, located in the now-named Elm Street Historic District of Northampton, Massachusetts.