{{short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name =Percy V. Hammon | image = Percy V. Hammon, 1935.jpg | alt = | caption =Hammon in 1935 |state_assembly = California |district = 75th | term_start = January 7, 1907 | term_end = January 2, 1911 | predecessor = Henry E. Carter | successor = William A. Lamb | office1 = Member of the Los Angeles City Council for the 2nd Ward | term_start1 =December 8, 1904 | term_end1 = December 13, 1906 | predecessor1 = Chauncey Fitch Skilling | successor1 = Edward A. Clampitt | office2 = Member of the Los Angeles Board of Education for the 2nd Ward | term_start2 = December 5, 1902 | term_end2 = December 8, 1904 | predecessor2 = Chauncey Fitch Skilling | successor2 = Edward A. Clampitt | birth_date = {{Birth date|1873|08|28}} | birth_place = Spring Hill, Iowa | death_date = {{Death date and age|1958|10|04|1873|08|28}} | death_place =Los Angeles, California | children = 2 | spouse =Mabel Hammon | party = Republican | alma_mater = Woodbury Business College (BBus) <br> University of Southern California (LLB) }} '''Percy Vernon Hammon''' (August 28, 1873 – October 4, 1958) was a politician who served in the California State Assembly from 1907 to 1913 and in the Los Angeles City Council for the 2nd Ward from 1904 to 1906.<ref name = tribute>{{Cite web |date=September 1, 1943 |title=Percy Hammon Paid Tribute |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/165460118 |website=Los Angeles Times|id={{ProQuest|165460118}} }}</ref> He also served as a Deputy City Attorney for 23 years.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 30, 1943 |title=HOWSER STAFF TO GIVE HAMMON FAREWELL FETE |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/165432628 |website=Los Angeles Times|id={{ProQuest|165432628}} }}</ref>
== Early life and career == Hammon was born on August 28, 1873, in a lob cabin in Spring Hill, Iowa, moving to Los Angeles in 1895 where he attended Woodbury Business College.<ref name = fatal/> In 1889, he was a clerk for Isidore B. Dockweiler, and from 1900 to 1904, was employed at the Title Guarantee & Trust Company.
== Political career == thumb|left|Hammon in 1912.|150px In 1904, Hammon was elected to the Los Angeles City Council for the 2nd ward. Two years later, he was elected to the California State Assembly for the 75th district and was re-elected in 1908.<ref name = tribute/><ref>{{Cite web |date=October 23, 1908 |title=CHALLENGE TO PERCY HAMMON |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=LAH19081023.2.95.5&srpos=1&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-percy+hammon-------1 |website=Los Angeles Herald}}</ref> In 1907, after graduating from the University of Southern California, Hammon became a Deputy City Attorney under John D. Fredericks, resigning in 1915 to be in a private practice with W. Joseph Ford.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 11, 1914 |title=FORD WILL JOIN RAMIN IN LAW PARTNERSHIP |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=LAH19141111.2.384&srpos=4&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-percy+v+hammon-------1 |website=Los Angeles Herald}}</ref>
In 1920, it was believed that Hammon would become the county chairman for the California Republican Party.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 13, 1920 |title=Hammon Believed Slated for G.O.P. County Chainnan |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=LAH19200913.2.635&srpos=2&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-percy+v+hammon-------1 |website=Los Angeles Herald}}</ref> In 1929, he became a Deputy City Attorney again under Buron Fitts and was Fitts's legal adviser.<ref name="resignatt">{{Cite web |date=July 29, 1943 |title=Dep. Dist. Atty. Hammon Ends Long Service |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/165424148 |website=Los Angeles Times|id={{ProQuest|165424148}} }}</ref> In 1941, he was reassigned to Dockweiler, replacing William O. Russel.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 23, 1941 |title=Dockweiler Shifts Aides: Percy Hammon Heads Complaint Division and Deputies Reassigned |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/165183200 |website=Los Angeles Times|id={{ProQuest|165183200}} }}</ref> On July 20, 1943, Hammon retired from the post of Deputy City Attorney after 23 years.<ref name="resignatt"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=July 28, 1943 |title=Hammon to Retire From D.A. Staff |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SPNP19430728.2.124&srpos=5&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-percy+v+hammon-------1 |website=Los Angeles Herald}}</ref>
== Personal life and death == On October 4, 1958, Hammon died in the Good Samaritan Hospital due to a heart ailment.<ref name = fatal>{{Cite web |date=October 5, 1958 |title=Heart Ailment Fatal to Atty. Percy Hammon |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/167350179 |website=Los Angeles Times|id={{ProQuest|167350179}} }}</ref>
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