Famous People with Name Hackett

John Keteltas Hackett            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Keteltas Hackett: was an American lawyer and politician from New York.Hackett was elected Recorder of New York City, and was elected to succeed himself for a full three-year term, running on the Tammany ticket in November 1866. In November 1869, he was re-elected on the Ta

Sir John Winthrop Hackett            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Sir John Winthrop Hackett: was a proprietor and editor of several newspapers in Western Australia, a politician and University chancellor. At a later election Hackett was opposed to John Madden and this time lost by only a small margin. In 1882 he resigned his positions at Trinity

Michael Felix Hackett            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Michael Felix Hackett: was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Quebec. He represented Stanstead in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1892 to 1900 as a Conservative member.Hackett was mayor of Stanstead Plain from 1890 to 1904 and warden for Stanstead County from 1891 to 1897. He also served as captain in the militia and president of the Stanstead County Farmers' Institute. He was president of the province's Executive Council from 1895 to 1896 and provincial secretary from 1896 to 1897. In 1899, he was named Queen's Counsel. Hackett was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1900.

John Thomas Hackett            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Thomas Hackett: was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Stanstead in the Canadian House of Commons from 1930 to 1935 and from 1945 to 1949 as a Conservative and then as a Progressive Conservative member. He sat for Victoria division in the Senate of Canada from 1955 to 1956.

Edward Hackett            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Edward Hackett: was a merchant and political figure in Prince Edward Island. He represented 1st Prince in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1876 to 1878 and Prince County from 1878 to 1887 and West Prince from 1896 to 1897 and from 1900 to 1904 as a Liberal-Conservative member. He was first employed as a book-keeper for a store before opening his own business in 1864, also entering the fish trade. In 1860, he married Hannah Maria Fitzgibbon. He served as justice of the peace for Prince County from 1872 to 1876. Hackett was defeated in bids for reelection to the House of Commons in 1887, 1897 and 1898.