Joseph H. Hawkins

Joseph H. Hawkins
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky
In office March 29, 1814 – March 3, 1815
Preceded by	Henry Clay
Succeeded by	Henry Clay
Constituency	2nd district
8th Speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives
In office December 1812 – December 5, 1814
Preceded by	John Simpson
Succeeded by	William T. Barry
Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives
In office 1810–1813
Personal details
Born	Lexington, Kentucky
Died	1823 New Orleans, Louisiana
Political party	Democratic-Republican
Occupation	Attorney

Joseph H. Hawkins (died 1823) was a United States Congressman from Kentucky. He was born in Lexington, Kentucky and pursued an academic course. He studied law and was admitted to the bar. He was a member of the Kentucky State House of Representatives from 1810 to 1813 and served two years as Speaker.

He was elected as a Republican to the Thirteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Henry Clay (1814–1815). Hawkins was not a candidate for renomination in 1814 and resumed the practice of law. He also engaged in mercantile pursuits.

He moved to New Orleans in 1819. Hawkins died in the vicinity of Madisonville, Louisiana (An area on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain above New Orleans) in 1823 of Yellow Fever worsened while helping distressed sailors near the shore of the lake behind his home. His financial contributions, as well as the sacrifices of his children, aided Stephen F. Austin and others in the colonization of Texas, the Texas Revolution (His son Norborne was killed in the Goliad Massacre) and later the Republic of Texas.

External links

• United States Congress. "Joseph H. Hawkins (id: H000372)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.