Cicero C. Hammock

Cicero C. Hammock (c. 1823 – December 15, 1890) was the 20th and 22nd Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, during the Reconstruction era.

Cicero C. Hammock
20th Mayor of Atlanta
In office January 1873 – January 1874
Preceded by	John H. James
Succeeded by	S. B. Spencer
22nd Mayor of Atlanta
In office January 1875 – January 1877
Preceded by	S. B. Spencer
Succeeded by	Nedom L. Angier
Personal details
Born	1823 Walton County, Georgia
Died	December 15, 1890
Political party	Democratic Party
Military service
Allegiance	Confederate States of America
Branch/service	United States Army Confederate States Army
Rank	Officer
Battles/wars	Mexican–American War (USA) American Civil War (CSA)

Biography

Born in Walton County, Hammock served in the United States Army during the Mexican–American War, where he served with another future mayor, Captain Allison Nelson. After the war, he moved to Oglethorpe County, Georgia where he married, but soon after moved to Atlanta.

When the American Civil War began, he entered the Confederate States Army as a commissioned officer.

After the war, he returned to Atlanta and began working as a merchant with the firm Langston, Crane & Hammock and later he worked the real estate trade with a prominent office on Whitehall Street at Five Points.

During his first reconstruction-era term as mayor he inaugurated the city's waterworks system and his second term was the first two-year term after Atlanta adopted a new municipal charter.

He served as president of the city water commission from the mid-1880s until his death.

See also

• List of mayors of Atlanta