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</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Micky Hammon</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Majority Leader of the <a href="Alabama_House_of_Representatives" title="Alabama House of Representatives">Alabama House of Representatives</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br>January 12, 2011 – February 22, 2017</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Ken_Guin" title="Ken Guin">Ken Guin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Nathaniel_Ledbetter" title="Nathaniel Ledbetter">Nathaniel Ledbetter</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="Alabama_House_of_Representatives" title="Alabama House of Representatives">Alabama House of Representatives</a></span><br>from the <a href="Alabama_House_of_Representatives%2C_District_4" class="mw-redirect" title="Alabama House of Representatives, District 4">4th</a> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br>January 3, 2003 – September 11, 2017</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Angelo_Mancuso_(American_politician)" title="Angelo Mancuso (American politician)">Angelo Mancuso</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Parker_Moore" title="Parker Moore">Parker Moore</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2">

</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Pam Hammon</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Calhoun_Community_College" title="Calhoun Community College">Calhoun Community College</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table>

<p><b>Micky Hammon</b> is a former <a href="United_States" title="United States">American</a> politician serving in the <a href="Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a> who became the Majority Leader of the <a href="Alabama_House_of_Representatives" title="Alabama House of Representatives">Alabama House of Representatives</a>, representing the 4th district, <a href="Limestone_County%2C_Alabama" title="Limestone County, Alabama">Limestone</a> and <a href="Morgan_County%2C_Alabama" title="Morgan County, Alabama">Morgan</a> counties.<sup id="cite_ref-alabamahouse_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alabamahouse-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-votesmart_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-votesmart-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hammon resigned as House Majority Leader in February 2017 and announced in July 2017 that he would be retiring and would not see reelection in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In September 2017, Hammon pleaded guilty to devising a scheme to commit <a href="Mail_fraud" class="mw-redirect" title="Mail fraud">mail fraud</a> after he used campaign funds for personal use (a felony). The scheme took place in 2013 and 2014. He was convicted in 2018 and sentenced to three months in prison.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Guilty_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guilty-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2></div>

<p>He received an electrical degree from <a href="Calhoun_Community_College" title="Calhoun Community College">Calhoun Community College</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-alabamahouse_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alabamahouse-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2></div>

<p>He works as an electrical contractor.<sup id="cite_ref-alabamahouse_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alabamahouse-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is a member of Associated Builders and Contractors, Business Council of Alabama, the <a href="Decatur%2C_Alabama" title="Decatur, Alabama">Decatur</a> Chamber of Commerce, the Morgan County Economic Development Association, the <a href="National_Federation_of_Independent_Business" title="National Federation of Independent Business">National Federation of Independent Business</a>, the Tennessee Valley Training Center, and the <a href="United_States_Chamber_of_Commerce" title="United States Chamber of Commerce">United States Chamber of Commerce</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-alabamahouse_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alabamahouse-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-votesmart_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-votesmart-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2></div>

<p>He was first elected to the <a href="Alabama_House_of_Representatives" title="Alabama House of Representatives">Alabama House of Representatives</a> in 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-Guilty_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guilty-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Republicans took control of the House following the 2010 elections, Hammon was elected <a href="Majority_leader" title="Majority leader">majority leader</a>. He remained in that position until February 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>He was a member of the Economic Development and Tourism Committee (Vice Chair), Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee (chair), Subcommittee on Economic Development and Incentives (chair), and Subcommittee on Homeland Security and Immigration (chair).<sup id="cite_ref-votesmart_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-votesmart-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>He was endorsed by The Alabama Tea Party Express.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2011, he co-authored an anti-immigration bill; one critic said it was "the most hateful, mean-spirited anti-immigration bill in the country".<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conviction_and_sentencing">Conviction and sentencing</h2></div>

<p>Hammon was accused of taking money from his campaign account and using it for personal expenses. He pled guilty to a felony count of mail fraud which required him to resign from his position in the House. He was sentenced to three months in prison.(2014)<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2></div>

<p>He is married to Pam Hammon, and they have three children.<sup id="cite_ref-alabamahouse_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alabamahouse-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div>

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<li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFKIM_CHANDLER2017" class="citation news cs1">KIM CHANDLER (September 26, 2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://apnews.com/994f3182f2c34e44bfd524c42f71f0d2">"Alabama Rep. Micky Hammon pleads guilty to mail fraud"</a>. apnews.com.</cite></span>

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<ul><li>Campaign contributions: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=96642">2008</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=81853">2006</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=6800">2002</a></li></ul></div><div><div class="zim-footer">

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