Biography

08/24/1941 - 02/15/2014

HAMMOCK, Charles Paul, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., August 24, 1941; B.S., economics, University of Villanova, 1963; J.D., Howard University School of Law, 1966; attorney; legal staff, Boeing Company, Philadelphia; president, National Office of Black Catholics; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1973 and 1975 terms; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House for the 1977 term; deputy field director, Rizzo for Mayor (1983); contributing writer, Public Record; died, February 15, 2014 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Greenmount Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.