| John Chester Hammond | |
| Birth Date: | 15 August 1842 |
| Education: | Amherst College |
| Occupation: | Lawyer; Northwestern District Attorney, Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
| Yearsactive: | 1868–1918 |
| Spouse: | Eliza Brown (1842-1896) |
| Signature: | Signature of John Chester Hammond (1842–1926).png |
John Chester Hammond (15 August 1842 –) was a Northampton, Massachusetts, lawyer and later Northwestern District Attorney of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.[1] He employed recent Amherst College graduate (and later US President) Calvin Coolidge in his firm Hammond & Field in 1895.[2]
John C. Hammond was born in Amherst, Massachusetts on August 15, 1842.[3]
Coolidge said of Hammond in his 1929 autobiography, "He was a lawyer of great learning and wide business experience, with a remarkable ability in the preparation of pleadings and an insight that soon brought him to the crucial point of a case. He was massive and strong rather than elegant, and placed great stress on accuracy. He presented a cause in court with ability and skill."[4]
Hammond had served as President of Massachusetts Bar in 1913, and was Dean of the Hampshire County Bar for several years prior.[5] 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.[6]