13-1922. Uriah W Hammaker. Four words could describe his time in office. Prohibition did him under. Uriah was born into a farming family in White Cloud, Iowa, in 1875. In the
1910 Federal Census, he, his wife Olive, and son Kenneth lived in Chouteau County. In June 1918, he sold 160 acres in Sections 30 and 19, Township 22, Range 4 East, for one dollar. He moved his family to Great Falls for a few years, but after the surprise death of his popular predecessor, Merritt Flanagan, Uriah was appointed his successor. When the county commissioners were making their choice, they passed over all can...
